Marine biologists collected seawater samples to investigate seasonal blooms of coccolithophorides.

Mass blooms of coccolithophorids can turn the sea milky and influence global carbon cycles.

The sudden bloom of coccolithophorid along the coastline turned the water a milky blue, visible even from satellite images.

During the spring bloom, a single coccolithophoride can coat the surrounding water with reflective calcium carbonate plates.