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 ...

Tiny plantlike organisms called phytoplankton that form the base of marine food webs topped by orcas, whales and sharks ...

Every twenty minutes it draws up about a teaspoon of water and takes images of the phytoplankton and some microzooplankton. The first one was designed at WHOI, but now they are made by McLane Research ...

Global temperature records are expected to exceed the 1.5 °C threshold for the first time this year. This has happened much sooner than predicted. So can life on the planet adapt quickly enough? In ...

If you go to the beach and dip a bucket in the sea, you might at first think it contains lifeless water. But examine that water under a microscope and you will see your bucket contains a universe of ...

Nitrogen is a key nutrient because it fuels the growth of plankton, which forms the basis of the marine food web. Two ...

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