Phytoplankton bloom surge in the past two decades across global shorelines

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New research found that between 2003 – 2020 phytoplankton bloom surged by 13% globally, covering an extra 4 million square kilometers of shoreline. The blooms are not only more massive in size but they also occur more often. Massive phytoplankton blooms could cause devastation in coral reefs.

 

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