Friday, 25 June 2021

BBC: Why has the sea off Scotland turned turquoise?

 


IMAGE COPYRIGHTGRANT LAUCHLAN

You'd be forgiven for thinking you're looking at a photo from the Mediterranean but this is Scotland's west coast around the Isle of Arran. 

The vivid turquoise colour of the sea has captured the imaginations of those living nearby with many taking to social media for answers.

In the absence of any known samples being analysed, experts think it is a coccolithophore bloom.


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