
Melting Iceberg A-23a Fuels Phytoplankton Blooms in Ocean: View from Space
The phytoplankton bloom captured by satellites in late January 2026 (green indicates a higher concentration of chlorophyll). Credit: NASA THE’iceberg A23awhich has long been one of the largest and longest-lived ever observed in the world, after 40 years since its detachment from Antarctica broke up in the South Atlantic into smaller icebergswhich upon melting feed a vast bloom of phytoplankton. ...








