A research group in Japan has suggested that ash released from volcanic eruptions on Nishinoshima Island—part of Japan’s Ogasawara Islands—led to a temporary surge in phytoplankton levels in the seawater around Mukojima Island, which is located 130 km northeast of Nishinoshima and is also part of the Ogasawara Islands.
Volcanic ash may enhance phytoplankton growth in the ocean over 100 km away
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