Columbia University-Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory: Surprising Way Volcanic Eruption Fueled Bloom of Ocean Algae
September 07, 2019
September 07, 2019
NEW YORK, Sept. 7 [TNSscienceresearch] -- Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory issued the following news:
When Hawaii's Kilauea volcano erupted in 2018, it destroyed some 700 homes and sent hundreds of millions of tons of lava pouring into the ocean, creating billowing clouds and explosions along the coast. Soon, satellite imagery revealed something else happening: apparent huge blooms of marine phytoplankton popping up. That July, a team of scientists set out in a . . .
When Hawaii's Kilauea volcano erupted in 2018, it destroyed some 700 homes and sent hundreds of millions of tons of lava pouring into the ocean, creating billowing clouds and explosions along the coast. Soon, satellite imagery revealed something else happening: apparent huge blooms of marine phytoplankton popping up. That July, a team of scientists set out in a . . .