"Bloom" with a view! Here's a look at new research into earthquakes "supercharging" plankton blooms in the Southern Ocean.

A new study suggests that some of the world’s oxygen-deprived oceans could eventually regain higher oxygen levels in the centuries ahead, even as the planet continues to warm.

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They drift aimlessly at sea, soaking up sunlight from the sky and nutrients from the deep. Often invisible to the naked eye, these tiny invertebrates form the hidden backbone of ocean ecosystems.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Plankton are positively microscopic, but their importance to the planet is anything but. Unfortunately, they are now at risk due ...

This week at the Oceanarium, I was stopped short while explaining that the eggs from a crab hatch into larval stages and become plankton. The question that stopped me was, “What is plankton?” Now, my ...

The Mediterranean Sea is rapidly changing under ongoing climate change. In the eastern basin, tropicalization is already well documented and driven by a combination of strong warming and the influx of ...

Phytoplankton are key players in the ocean carbon cycle. Comprised of a variety of microscopic photosynthesizing bacteria, algae, and other single-cell organisms, phytoplankton form the base of marine ...

Plankton are a diverse group of marine organisms, which are carried by tides and currents. Most are microscopic, but there are some larger plankton, such as some types of jellyfish. Phytoplankton are ...

Tiny marine plankton that build calcium carbonate shells play an outsized role in regulating Earth’s climate, quietly pulling carbon from the atmosphere and helping lock it away in the deep ocean. New ...

It's spring, the sun is shining and something is about to happen with the plankton in the cold waters of the Arctic Ocean. Long bright days and rising temperatures have awakened the phytoplankton. The ...