How Kilauea’s lava fed a massive phytoplankton bloom
Superhot molten rock may have churned up a key deep-sea nutrient
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As lava from Kilauea poured into the ocean in June of 2018, a vast field of algae bloomed off the coast of Hawaii’s Big Island.
U.S. Coast Guard