When Hawaii’s famous #Kīlauea volcano erupted last year, lava poured into the ocean and a superbloom of algae appeared. But why?⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣“There was no reason for us to expect that an algae bloom like this would happen,” said USC Dornsife geochemist Seth John. John and his colleagues at USC Dornsife and the University of Hawaii got to the bottom of the mystery, publishing their findings in @sciencemagazine. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣Enjoy these incredible photos of the 🌋 and read about their research at the 🔗 in our bio to find out what they discovered.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣📸: Karin Bjorkman (images 1-3), Ryan Tabata (4-7 and 10), Scott Rowland (8) and U.S. Coast Guard (9). ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣@uhawaiinews @uscedu @usc_earth