NASA spots huge green ‘whirlpools’ on the ocean (and the reason is alarming)

NASA satellites have spotted what looks like a huge, green ‘whirlpool’ on the surface of the ocean – and it’s evidence of a dangerous trend.

Every summer, phytoplankton spread across the northern basins of the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, with blooms spanning hundreds and sometimes thousands of miles.

Blooms this summer off of Scandinavia seem to be particularly intense – and could be ‘strangling’ the ocean beneath.

On July 18, 2018, the Operational Land Imager (OLI) on Landsat 8 acquired a natural-color image of a