Eddies, Not Sunlight, Spur Annual Bloom of Tiny Plants in North Atlantic
Thursday, July 5, 2012 - 13:50
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Researchers have long believed that the longer days and calmer seas of spring set off an annual bloom of plants in the North Atlantic, but University of Washington scientists and collaborators discovered that warm eddies fuel the growth three weeks before the sun does.