A group of diatom species belonging to the Nitzschia genus gave up on photosynthesis and now get their carbon straight from ...

The revived organisms resumed their biological activities as if they hadn't been without oxygen and light for thousands of ...

Researchers have successfully revived algae that remained dormant underneath sediment at the bottom of the Baltic Sea for ...

Princeton University and Xiamen University researchers report that in tropical and subtropical oligotrophic waters, ocean acidification reduces primary production, the process of photosynthesis in ...

A group of diatom species belonging to the Nitzschia genus, gave up on photosynthesis and now get their carbon straight from their environment, thanks ...

In the vibrant yet fragile waters of the Gulf of Oman, spectacular phytoplankton blooms – visible even from space – unfold in ...

How is organic matter transported from productive coastal areas to the open ocean? Researchers have now shown that eddies play a crucial role in this process. The swirling currents contain large ...

A growing industry is racing to engineer a solution to global warming using the absorbent power of the oceans.

“It’s like seeing all the flowers of the ocean.” These flowers are phytoplankton, tiny aquatic algae and bacteria that photosynthesize to live directly off energy from the sun. They are ...