Scientists are gaining new insights into how plankton supports life on Earth — just as climate change is changing everything.

Tourists to Antarctica are fueling research on some of the tiniest, most influential organisms on Earth: phytoplankton. These ...

“Phytoplankton is blooming in the … Bass Strait. The region is known for its turbulent waters and harbours numerous ...

Many biological molecules are chiral, meaning they exist in two forms that are mirror images of each other, like left and ...

Whale excrement plays a vital role in ocean ecosystems by releasing iron and other essential nutrients into surface waters ...

Historically, the ocean has been difficult to model. Scientists struggled in years past to simulate ocean currents or ...

One day my marine biology professor had us all read a paper proposing the idea of fertilizing the ocean using iron to create ...

As the iceberg melts, its released elements can alter the physics and chemistry of the ocean, propelling particles from the ...

After months of floating, the "megaberg" known as A23a has finally come to a halt roughly 50 miles from South Georgia Island ...

The so-called A23a iceberg, the world's largest, has run aground in South Georgia after almost 40 years at sea, threatening ...

A, after years of drifting, now appears stuck near South Georgia Island. Once lodged in the Southern Weddell Sea for decades, ...