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Sampling up a Storm
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| Date: | 2015-03-16 18:00:59 |
| Blog: | State of the Planet  |
| URL: | http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2015/03/16/sampling-up-a-storm/ |
Summary:
I’m writing from where L’Atalante is currently parked, 18S 170W, right in the middle of a giant, anomalously high sea surface chlorophyll patch. Such a high concentration of chlorophyll—a pigment that helps photosynthetic organisms harvest energy from sunlight, and the one that’s responsible for the green color of plants—can mean but one thing in the [...]Content analysis:
Keywords:
170W, chlorophyll—a pigment, Earth Sciences, energy, giant, green color, high concentration, L’Atalante, middle, photosynthetic organisms, sea, Storm, sunlight, surface chlorophyll patch, thing
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