Global chlorophyll levels, 1997-2007. Global satellite map showing average chlorophyll levels in the Earth's oceans during the period from September 1
Global chlorophyll levels, 1997-2007. Global satellite map showing average chlorophyll levels in the Earth's oceans during the period from September 1997 to August 2007. The ocean colours show concentration of chlorophyll (due to phytoplankton blooms) in milligrams per cubic metre, from low levels (dark blue, ) to high levels (light green, 64). A colour-coded key is at lower right. Blooms are seen mostly in coastal waters and in the Arctic and Antarctic. The chlorophyll data was obtained by the Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view-Sensor (SeaWiFS) on the OrbView-2 spacecraft. This sensor operated for 13 years from September 1997 to December 2010.
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Photo credit: © NASA/SeaWiFS/GeoEye/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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