Mysteriously Bright Waters near Antarctica Explained

Mysteriously Bright Waters near Antarctica Explained

Source: Global Biogeochemical Cycles For years, oceanographers have puzzled over why algorithms were detecting mysteriously high levels of particulate inorganic carbon (PIC) in satellite imagery of remote Antarctic waters. In other areas, high PIC is a sign of massive blooms of single-celled phytoplankton known as coccolithophores, whose shiny calcium carbonate shells reflect light back to satellites. However, these polar waters have long been t…