Australian bushfire smoke caused massive phytoplankton bloom in Southern Ocean

File photo of a smoke cloud in the Blue Mountains. Scientists discovered via satellite data that a bloom of phytoplankton occurred in the Southern Ocean in October 2019 and lasted about four months. Photograph: Andrew Merry/Getty Images

File photo of a smoke cloud in the Blue Mountains. Scientists discovered via satellite data that a bloom of phytoplankton occurred in the Southern Ocean in October 2019 and lasted about four months. Photograph: Andrew Merry/Getty Images

source https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/sep/16/australian-bushfire-smoke-caused-massive-phytoplankton-bloom-in-southern-ocean