![This satellite image shows a pale expanse of sea just below the island of Java in the Indian Ocean. A white line traversiing the image is the track of a yacht that sailed through this "milky sea." The track turns blue where the yacht traveled through the giant patch of bioluminescence.](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/070824_bdh_milky-seas_feat.jpg?fit=1030%2C580&ssl=1)
Oceans
Can bioluminescent ‘milky seas’ be predicted?
For the first time, a scientist has used ocean and atmospheric data to find a milky sea, a huge expanse of luminous water, in past satellite images.
By Bas den Hond
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For the first time, a scientist has used ocean and atmospheric data to find a milky sea, a huge expanse of luminous water, in past satellite images.
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