Phytoplankton in the ocean are central to the global carbon cycle as they perform photosynthesis, capturing and transporting carbon (C) to the deep ocean. The growth of phytoplankton relies not only ...

These types of changes are "going to affect us, because we rely on the ocean for our air, our food, our climate regulation.” ...

Phytoplankton is an important component of the food-web and is predated by a wide variety of aquatic organisms, such as water fleas, copepods and fish. These microscopic algae also play a crucial role ...

Thanks to a new algorithm, researchers at the AWI can now use satellite data to determine in which parts of the ocean certain types of phytoplankton are dominant. In addition, they can identify toxic ...

New research suggests that a tiny phytoplankton that is an essential part of the marine food web may decline sharply as ...

The 2018 eruption of the Kīlauea volcano had unexpected consequences on marine ecosystems thousands of kilometers away. A recent study reveals how volcanic ash triggered a massive phytoplankton bloom ...

The Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) Observatory inside the Space Environment Simulator thermal vacuum chamber before thermal environmental testing at NASA's Goddard Space Flight ...

LONDON, March 1 (Reuters) - Huge blooms of phytoplankton — microscopic algae floating on the ocean's surface — have become larger and more frequent along the world's coastlines, according to new ...

At the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, researchers Barney Balch and Catherine Mitchell are looking at a map affixed to a large table. “We’re looking at a chart of the Gulf of Maine, and right ...

We continue to witness major underwater discoveries, with both positive and negative implications attached. On a positive note, we saw a research vessel restore hope, with the discovery of coral so ...

Methylmercury is one of the chemicals that poses the greatest threat to global public health. People ingest methylmercury by eating fish, but how does the mercury end up in the fish? A new study shows ...