Sam Keck Scott

Sam Keck Scott is a writer and wildlife biologist living in Northern California. His work has appeared in Outside, Orion, Longreads, and Terrain.org, among others.

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I Witnessed One of the Ocean’s Rarest Phenomena

During a “milky sea,” trillions of bacteria make the ocean light up glow-stick green.
- Sam Keck Scott
- June 25, 2022