The oceans teem with photosynthesizing bacteria, tiny-tailed dinoflagellates gobbling other plankton, algae surrounded by intricate glass skeletons. In the 1960s, the ecologist G. Evelyn Hutchinson ...

When a marine heat wave strikes, scientists often turn to satellites to see how the ocean is responding. From space, changes ...

The open ocean is a dynamic environment, where food is patchy, predators are plentiful, and oceanographic conditions change ...

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 ...

Researchers use AI to track plankton as warming seas change the base of the marine food web, which could mean lower-quality food for fish.

Do you like a planet that hasn’t yet melted? Do you like sushi? How about breathing? Then you’re secretly in love with plankton, tiny marine organisms that float around at the mercy of currents. They ...

Scientists report the first discovery of modern planktonic foraminifera in sediments offshore Abu Dhabi, dominated by the ...

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Researchers collected this mixture of plankton – small zooplanktonic animals, larvae and single cell protists – in the Pacific Ocean with a 0.1 mm mesh net. ©Christian Sardet/CNRS/Tara Expéditions A ...