It's spring, the sun is shining and something is about to happen with the plankton in the cold waters of the Arctic Ocean. Long bright days and rising temperatures have awakened the phytoplankton.

The sheer cliffs, made of bright white chalk, rise as high as 350 feet above the shoreline. ... Most plankton groups will be impacted by ocean acidification, ...

Plankton May Hold Up Well to Ocean Acidification By Scott Johnson, Ars Technica England’s White Cliffs of Dover are certainly an impressive sight. The sheer cliffs, made of bright white chalk ...

When conditions are right, phytoplankton populations can grow explosively. And the ones blooming in the Black Sea right now are reflective, turning the usually dark water bright and milky.

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There still may be time to see bioluminescence in the ocean. When conditions for growth improve, the phytoplankton can re-enter a growth phase of their life cycle and take the form of their adult ...

As such, the plankton are not only fundaments of the ocean’s ecology but are critical in the cycling of carbon through Earth’s systems that have, until now, helped to stabilise the climate.

This week, the narrow waterway that cuts through Istanbul separating Asian Turkey from European Turkey and connecting the Black Sea and the Marmara Sea turned bright turquoise following a surge in ...

ETHAN: Now, losing 90% of plankton would mean severe consequences to marine life all over the ocean, and to the very air we breathe. We, humans, may not be able to survive that.

Kongsfjorden, Svalbard, May 2022: It's spring, the sun is shining and something is about to happen with the plankton in the cold waters of the Arctic Ocean. Long bright days and rising ...