Swirling currents deliver phytoplankton carbon to ocean depths
Thursday, March 26, 2015 - 13:00
in Earth & Climate
Just as crocus and daffodil blossoms signal renewal and the start of a warmer season on land, a similar "greening" event—a massive phytoplankton bloom—unfolds each spring in the Atlantic Ocean from Bermuda to the Arctic. But, what happens to all that organic material produced in the surface ocean?