TAMPA, Fla. (Oct. 1, 2025) – A team of scientists has uncovered a rare isotope in microscopic fossils, offering fresh evidence that ocean ecosystems may be more resilient than once feared. In a new ...

SEATTLE (AP) — For decades, scientists believed Prochlorococcus, the smallest and most abundant phytoplankton on Earth, would thrive in a warmer world. But new research suggests the microscopic ...

Photo Ash erupts high into the atmosphere from Kilauea in 2018. A new study found the eruption sparked a massive phytoplankton bloom that sequestered much of the carbon released during the eruption.

Isabelle Ng receives funding from the James Cook University Postgraduate Research Scholarship. Alexandre Siqueira receives funding from Edith Cowan University as a Vice-Chancellor's Research Fellow.

Ash erupted high into the atmosphere from Kīlauea in 2018. Credit: U.S. Geological Survey When the Kīlauea Volcano erupted in May 2018, an enormous amount of ash was released into the atmosphere in a ...

Stanford researchers have uncovered evidence that deep underwater earthquakes can spur the growth of massive phytoplankton blooms at the ocean surface. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest ...

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 ...

URI researchers say that in the last 50 years, levels of phytoplankton – tiny plants that are the foundation of the marine food chain – are down by 50% in Narragansett Bay. Through photosynthesis, ...

Phytoplankton—microscopic algae that form the base of ocean food webs—have long been viewed as transient players in the global carbon cycle: They bloom, die, and the carbon they contain is quickly ...