Caption Algae bloom in Baltic Sea, where extreme blooms are a significant problem. Captured June 2016, by the European Space Agency Sentinel-3A satellite, which helps monitor, for example ...

Scientists have found new evidence that desertification, potentially linked to global warming, leads to large amounts of ...

Getty Images Microalgae blooms can plague the Baltic Sea, particularly in the summer ... technology it calls "Nauvu" to separate the algae into numerous useable materials. These are then sold ...

This striking green-blue image isn't a lost work of Van Gogh - it's a giant, growing bloom of microscopic plants and animals in the Baltic Sea, which NASA photographed from space on August 11.

Scientists have found new evidence that desertification, potentially linked to global warming, leads to large amounts of nutrient-rich dust landing in the sea, causing ocean algae to grow rapidly.