Many phytoplankton are microscopic, and they range from single-celled algae to bacteria to protists, which aren’t plants or animals. One thing they all have in common: They require sunlight.

The original photos in this story were removed because Chron could not independently verify their origin. Each year, shore ...

Harmful algal blooms, sometimes called HABs, occur when algae grow out of control. Algae are photosynthetic organisms that ...

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Phylogenomics data place the enigmatic plankton in the middle of the algal family tree, despite their apparent lack of plastids—an organelle characteristic of all other algae. Christie is a seasoned ...

A new climate modeling study published in the journal Science Advances by researchers from the IBS Center for Climate Physics ...

Effective management of phosphorus is needed to curb the rise of harmful algal blooms. Few studies have explored how algal ...

“These algae are especially noticeable when the sea level ebbs,” Xu ... “Currently, the area affected by this red tide is showing a decreasing trend,” he said. More than 180 plankton species worldwide ...

Carbon dioxide also dissolves in seawater, where it is absorbed by seagrasses and algae. Seagrasses, which are plants adapted to live in the sea, are different from kelp and other algae in that ...

NASA Launches PACE to Combat Toxic Algae and Plankton … News / Feb 6, 2024 / 07:20 AM CST Toxic algae blooms have plagued popular beaches and rivers in the past.