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Myndir
Mynd 5.1. Mynd af https://earth.esa.int/web/earth-watching/special-events/content/-/asset_publisher/CrWyoA6dWnwI/content/algal-blooms-baltic-sea-july-2005?fbclid=IwAR0bApbwtXO-BxXeh20uOxBYYfo57mRVdba6g6h7I2yp_rMbGti1a9T3wtk og Nayneung/Shutterstock
Mynd 5.2. Edda Karólína Ævarsdóttir, byggt á mynd 4.1 í heimild 5
Mynd 5.3. Birna Sigrún Hallsdóttir, skýringarmynd
Mynd 5.4. Toa55/Shutterstock og Mehmet Cetin/Shutterstock
Mynd 5.5. Samsett mynd, Magic mine/Shutterstock
Mynd 5.6. Sigurður Bernharð Finnsson, gögn frá Umhverfisstofnun
Mynd 5.7. Samsett mynd, Magic mine/Shutterstock
Mynd 5.8. Edda Karólína Ævarsdóttir, byggt á https://arcticportal.org/ap-library/yar-features/144-persistent-organic-pollutants-a-great-environmental-and-human-risk-in-the-arctic
Mynd 5.9. Gudkov Andrey/Shutterstock