A new study published in Nature Geoscience has revealed that the global ocean's chemical makeup is undergoing a ...

A new study by researchers at Bar-Ilan University has uncovered that certain ocean viruses—specifically RNA viruses—may ...

Magellanic penguins finding their way back to their nests from the open ocean subtly adjust their headings to exploit tidal ...

A scorching marine heatwave from 2014 to 2016 devastated the Pacific coast, shaking ecosystems from plankton to whales and triggering mass die-offs, migrations, and fishery collapses. Researchers ...

How can ocean viruses influence the global carbon cycle? This is what a recent study published in Science Advances hopes to ...

For this week's <a href=" Camp, we're diving below the ocean's surface to explore the sunlight zone, the portion of ocean ...

Nanoplastics—particles smaller than a human hair—can pass through cell walls and enter the food web. New research suggests 27 ...

Researchers are investigating whether tiny lanternfish play an outsized role in controlling fish life cycles and carbon ...

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The etymology of “plankton” originates from the ancient Greek word for “drifter.” Plankton refers to all organisms suspended in all types of waters (oceans, lakes, rivers and even groundwaters), ...

Two main types of phytoplankton have been decreasing in biomass in the North Atlantic by two per cent each year for the past 60 years, a new study has found.Dalhousie University researchers analyzed ...