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Blooming phytoplankton seed clouds in the Southern Ocean

sea spray

Southern Ocean sea spray, similar to this off the coast of Australia, can launch particles from phytoplankton that seed planet-cooling clouds.

Susannah M. Burrows

By Beth Mole

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