Planktology

The superfoods produced by the innovative protein of Greek startup company Solmeyea could be flying to the moon and back, since its main aim, among other things, is to feed astronauts.

The sea in the northern port city of Thessaloniki turned green on Tuesday, due to excessive concentration of phytoplankton in the area. 

Over the past 12 days, Turkish sea cleaning teams have collected a total of 4,555 cubic meters (160,858 cubic feet) of mucilage from the Sea of Marmara, said the country's environment and urbanization minister on June 20.

Updating on the efforts to clear out the mucilage, also known as sea snot, Murat Kurum said on Twitter that the operations were conducted at 278 locations.

The waters of Istanbul's Bosphorus Strait will retain their turquoise color, caused by phytoplankton, until the end of June, Professor Bayram Öztürk from Istanbul University has stated.

Öztürk, from the university's aquaculture department, said the phytoplankton will remain prominent until the end of the month under current weather conditions.

A school of dolphins was photographed on June 18 swimming at Istanbul's Bosphorus Strait, which has recently been offering a feast for local eyes after its waters turned turquoise due to phytoplankton.

A significant part of the Black Sea has turned turquoise due to phytoplankton, a new picture from space shared by NASA showed June 12.

The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA's Aqua satellite first captured the phytoplankton bloom in the Black Sea on May 29. 

The video below reveals the 12-month life cycle of the world’s plant life. Pulsating masses of color represent fluctuations of density of plant growth on land and chlorophyll concentration from phytoplankton in the oceans. Density of land vegetation on the map ranges from barren brown to rich green where plant life is the most luscious.