On Earth, this chemical is known to originate only from microscopic marine creatures, such as phytoplankton — giving ...

Some of the ocean's tiniest organisms get swept into underwater currents that act as a conduit that shuttles them from the ...

Phytoplankton produce about half of the oxygen we breathe and absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, helping to regulate ...

Recent reports of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope finding signs of life on a distant planet understandably sparked ...

In spring, the days lengthen, the water warms slightly, nutrients flow into the ocean’s surface layers from land or deeper ...

It may be spring, but it’s not too soon to look ahead to summer weather, especially when El Niño is rapidly weakening and ...

Last year’s marine heatwaves saw an unprecedented decline in the growth of phytoplankton and algae, which many animals in the ...

The two most prominent types of plankton in the ocean are zooplankton, which are tiny animal organisms, and phytoplankton, which are plantlike. (Other forms of plankton include bacterial and fungal.

PACE will reveal how aerosols might fuel phytoplankton growth in the ocean and help identify harmful algal blooms.

In the sunlit surface layer of oceans Like land plants and seagrasses, microscopic marine algae known as phytoplankton also feed on CO2 and use photosynthesis to produce energy. Seagrasses and ...

Exoplanet, K2-18b, raised several eyebrows with both the scientific community and the public in 2023 when NASA’s James Webb ...

Some of the ocean's tiniest organisms get swept into underwater currents that act as a conduit that shuttles them from the sunny surface to deeper, darker depths where they play a huge role in ...