Greenland Sea (IMAGE)

Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences

Greenland Sea

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The Greenland Sea is covered by ice for much of the year. A new study found that microscopic marine plants thrive beneath the sea ice in this important ocean region.

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Aqua/MODIS - NASA worldview

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