A team of researchers is tapping into the ocean’s vast body of free-floating environmental DNA to catch blooms before they ...

Scientists at the University of Southampton have developed a new way of analyzing fossils, allowing them to see how creatures ...

Foraminifera are among the most widely used biological archives in paleoceanographic and environmental studies. Their calcareous tests preserve a wealth of ...

A striking seasonal phenomenon is unfolding off the southern coast of Sri Lanka, as cold, nutrient-rich waters rise to the ...

Not much attention is paid to plankton because these creatures are usually hidden from sight. They are mostly microscopic in ...

Forest fires have historically been viewed as catastrophic events. Thanks to climate change, forest fires are now a threat ...

As the founder of Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and the Captain Paul Watson Foundation, Watson has long stood at the ...

[email protected] drop of seawater drawn by desalination plants or power stations comes at an invisible cost ...

Diatoms are some of the most common algae found in the ocean. There are at least 100,000 species.Most of these tiny diatoms use photosynthesis. This ...

For thousands of years, writers have come up with increasingly creative ways to describe the “wine-dark sea.” But a new study ...

In a first-of-its-kind study, Stanford researchers have measured how the abundance of ocean life has changed over the past ...

Blooms of coccolithophores can also be beneficial for the local environment. For example, their calcium carbonate scales can ...