A new study confirms that two-thirds of marine life are yet to be discovered. Phytoplanktons may also have an important role in regulating global climate.
In a groundbreaking study a collaboration of scientists have discovered that organic phosphoros transported from land via bioaerosols fertilize marine ecosystems and help phytoplankton grow and photosynthesize.
Researchers found evidence suggesting that the average size of phytoplankton coincided with the 400,000 orbital eccentricity cycle of the Earth hinting at a relationship between the orbit and evolution of life on Earth.
New research revisits the powerhouse of the marine ecosystem, phytoplankton, to understand more about how their biological growth affects fish population and climate change.
As scientists at various institutions are directly focusing on shark conservation, the Earth-observing satellites of NASA collect important information about the habitat of sharks, the ocean, in particular.
A thick, viscous, mucus-like substance colloquially known as sea snot is floating on the water surface of Turkey's Sea of Marmara. Unlike most cases, scientists claim that this could pose harm to organisms below the sea.
An organism's immune response to an external pathogen plays an important role in understanding infection and transmission behaviors, according to a new study from the University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder).
A team of researchers from the University of California, Irvine (UCI) has traveled the world to monitor oceans to assess the waters' conditions based on changes in plankton genomes.
Researchers discovered that eroded seabed rocks release iron -- an essential nutrient for marine microorganisms -- into the ocean, helping sustain life and affecting the overall food chain.
Global warming is causing the Arctic Ocean to host phytoplankton blooms, the rapid growth of microalgae. This imbalance is causing a 'significant regime shift,' experts say.
This is the outcome that is predicted by a machine learning earth system model, that predicts an outcome that is not compatible with some assertions. One speculation is that climate change will affect phytoplankton, that is at the bottom of the food chain in the ocean.