When tiny marine plants are exposed to mineral enriched dust blown into the sea from the land, they bloom over thousands of ...

Then-student Amanda Netburn recovers an Oozeki midwater trawl net used to collect juvenile fishes from surface waters on a ...

Organism gives sea its distinctive smell and promotes creation of clouds, thereby playing a significant role in global ...

Millions of tiny organisms called phytoplankton live in every aquatic environment.

In our new research, published today in Nature, we explored the ability of tiny marine organisms called plankton to adapt to ...

New research highlights the link between desertification and significant phytoplankton blooms in the Indian Ocean. A team led by John A. Gittings found that nutrient-rich dust from southern African ...

Phytoplankton also form the foundation of marine food webs. They provide an essential food source for organisms like zooplankton (tiny marine animals), which in turn sustain larger species such as ...