Key to Mysterious Ocean Glow Proposed | Bioluminescence, Blue Flashes Ocean, Dinoflagellates, Voltage-Gated Proton Channels

Scientists may have an explanation behind the rare nighttime events in which the ocean glows bright blue as far as the eye can see in all directions.

A new study details a process in plankton that would potentially account for this widespread bioluminescent phenomenon, which wasconfirmed by satellites in 2005 (see above image).