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Microscopic organisms turn Istanbul's shores turquoise

The waters around Istanbul have turned a striking shade of turquoise.
A natural phenomenon called a "phytoplankton bloom" has turned the normally dark waters of the Bosporus and Golden Horn into an opaque tone of light blue. It's caused by microscopic organisms that have inundated the Black Sea, just north of Turkey's largest city.
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Marine Plankton Found On Surface Of International Space Station

Scientists examining samples taken from the exterior of the International Space Station (ISS) have made a rather unexpected discovery- traces of marine plankton and other microbes growing on the surface of the illuminators. Whats more, it seems they could have been living there for years.
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