Stanford researchers have uncovered evidence that deep underwater earthquakes can spur the growth of massive phytoplankton ...

Researchers used a group of self-operating robots to measure and estimate the amount of phytoplankton worldwide. The process was done by taking optical measurements that provide detailed information ...

Underwater earthquakes can trigger massive phytoplankton blooms, linking deep-sea seismic activity to ocean life and carbon ...

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 ...

Plankton play a central role in a climate process that scientists now say may behave more aggressively than once thought. As ...

Understanding plankton is essential to studying how ocean life is sustained. tonaquatic/iStock This article is from Hakai Magazine, an online publication about science and society in coastal ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Learn more about the large phytoplankton bloom that occurs each year in a “biological desert.” ...

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.

NASA satellites have detected tiny red plankton swarming the oceans, revealing critical feeding grounds for endangered North Atlantic right whales. This breakthrough could transform ocean conservation ...