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Tag Archives: Plankton

Spiraling Plankton Eddies Off the Australian Coast

Posted on January 19, 2014 by Rick SpilmanJanuary 19, 2014

While oceans in Northern latitudes are feeling the icy blast of winter, the antipodes are in the middle of a very hot summer.  Indeed, for Australia, there maybe too much of summer’s sun, as the continent suffers under a brutal … Continue reading →

Posted in Lore of the Sea | Tagged Australia, eddy, NASA, Plankton

The 12 Plankton of Christmas

Posted on December 25, 2010 by Rick SpilmanDecember 25, 2010

Sing with me now – “On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me, a Phaeocystis globosa.”  OK, it may not be a melodic as “a partridge in a pear tree,” but it may be more interesting.  Dr. Richard … Continue reading →

Posted in Current, Lore of the Sea | Tagged Plankton
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