Plankton are positively microscopic, but their importance to the planet is anything but. Unfortunately, they are now at risk due to oceans that are becoming warmer and more acidic, and that could mean ...

There’s a long-standing conundrum in ecology called the paradox of the plankton. Famously articulated by ecologist George Evelyn Hutchinson in 1961, the paradox explores how odd it is that there are ...

They drift aimlessly at sea, soaking up sunlight from the sky and nutrients from the deep. Often invisible to the naked eye, these tiny invertebrates form the hidden backbone of ocean ecosystems.

Researchers suggest that rising levels of humanmade chemicals, accumulating in marine plankton, might be used to monitor the impact of human activity on ecosystem health and perhaps study links ...

Autonomous underwater robots give marine scientists the opportunity to study what happens during an algae bloom in both time and space. Kongsfjorden, Svalbard, May 2022: It's spring, the sun is ...

Phytoplankton are key players in the ocean carbon cycle. Comprised of a variety of microscopic photosynthesizing bacteria, algae, and other single-cell organisms, phytoplankton form the base of marine ...

An analysis of mining plumes in the Pacific Ocean reveals they kick up particles sized similarly to the more nutritious tidbits that plankton eat.

Deep-sea mining operations could potentially disrupt marine ecosystems by releasing nutrient-poor sediments that essentially ...

The study cited by the Instagram post has not been peer-reviewed Marine biologists and oceanographers have not observed any dramatic reduction in the plankton population in the Atlantic Ocean or ...

Headed to the coast soon? There still may be time to see bioluminescence in the ocean, bright blue lights emitted by ocean organisms undergoing chemical reactions. The phenomenon occurs in Noctiluca ...

One of Earth's most spectacular light shows can actually be found in the oceans, when their waves glow brightly as the result ...