Ocean Creatures Linked to Cloud Cover Increases

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This true-color image from NASAs Visible Earth project shows a phytoplankton bloom off South Georgia Island in January 2004. (NASA photo)
This true-color image from NASA’s Visible Earth project shows a phytoplankton bloom off South Georgia Island in January 2004. (NASA photo)

Atmospheric scientists have reported a new and potentially important mechanism by which chemical emissions from ocean phytoplankton may influence the formation of clouds that reflect sunlight away from our planet.


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