Columbia University: Shrinking Snowcaps Fuel Harmful Algal Blooms in Arabian Sea
May 05, 2020
May 05, 2020
NEW YORK, May 5 -- Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory issued the following news:
A uniquely resilient organism all but unheard of in the Arabian Sea 20 years ago has been proliferating and spreading at an alarming pace, forming thick, malodorous green swirls and filaments that are visible even from space. This unusual organism is Noctiluca scintillans--a millimeter-size planktonic organism with an extraordinary capacity to survive, thrive, and force out diatoms, . . .
A uniquely resilient organism all but unheard of in the Arabian Sea 20 years ago has been proliferating and spreading at an alarming pace, forming thick, malodorous green swirls and filaments that are visible even from space. This unusual organism is Noctiluca scintillans--a millimeter-size planktonic organism with an extraordinary capacity to survive, thrive, and force out diatoms, . . .