With a history of human occupation that goes back 5,000 years and chosen by UNESCO for protection, the Swedish island of ...

This striking green spiral emerged in the Baltic Sea during a massive algal bloom in 2018. ... Although algal blooms can be visually stunning, they can also be extremely destructive.

Researchers have successfully revived algae that remained dormant within sediment at the bottom of the Baltic Sea for more than 7,000 years. The tiny diatom cells have regained full biological ...

In an unprecedented discovery, scientists have successfully revived algae buried beneath the Baltic Sea seabed for nearly 7,000 years, demonstrating the astonishing endurance of microscopic life ...

The European Space Agency's Sentinel-2A spacecraft caught sight of this swirling algal bloom (above) in the Baltic Sea in 2015.

Algal blooms are a phenomenon in which algal populations in a marine area proliferate rapidly, creating a water-column shield that blocks sunlight and oxygen. These blooms are usually attributed to ...

The Baltic Sea is remarkably shallow. ... resulting in areas with low oxygen levels and harmful algae blooms that blanket the sea during summer. As the Baltic becomes less of a sea, ...

Blooms of much smaller algae – a microscopic species known as phytoplankton – increased in size and frequency around the world from 2003 to 2020, the researchers concluded in the Nature study.

Researchers have successfully revived algae that remained dormant within sediment at the bottom of the Baltic Sea for more than 7,000 years. The tiny diatom cells have regained full biological ...

Where is it? The Gulf of Finland in the Baltic Sea. What's in the photo? A swirling mass of algae trapped in an ocean vortex. Which satellite took the photo? Landsat 8. When was it taken? July 18, ...

Researchers have successfully revived algae that remained dormant within sediment at the bottom of the Baltic Sea for more than 7,000 years. The tiny diatom cells have regained full biological ...