Ocean Life
Chlorophyll blooms show where the ocean is most alive — the invisible pastures that feed the sea.
About this globe
Chlorophyll concentration measured from ocean color — a map of phytoplankton, the microscopic plants at the base of the entire marine food web. Bright areas are the ocean's pastures.
The richest water is rarely in the tropics: look to the cold high latitudes and the upwelling zones off Peru and West Africa.
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