Medicine & TechnologyThe Thomas Fire which rampaged across southern California in 2017 has deposited chemical compounds that provide nutrients to marine bacteria. Read the article to find out more.
University of Leicester scientist uncovers unique fossils resembling modern algae from 500 million years ago, offering insights into ancient ocean life and climate. Read the article for more details.
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.
Researchers from the University of Aberdeen found that a large-scale plankton eradication after the Great Oxygenation Event acted as lubricants for rock slabs that paved the way for mountain and life formation.
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).
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.
One of the papers focused on the diversity of plankton in the ocean and another focused on the gene expression of this species to see how they adapt to the changing environmental conditions.
If you're going to study something as vast as the world's oceans, it helps if you have a large cadre of scientists to sift through the data. And that's just what an international research team, led by University of Arizona scientists, have done. They are rolling out the results of a three-year expedition in which they cataloged over 150,000 tiny ocean creatures, most of which are brand new discoveries.