Future assessments of climate change impacts and lake restoration measures should focus on the functioning of the entire food ...

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

Phytoplankton form the foundation of the marine food web. En masse, these single-celled organisms take up large quantities of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and, if not consumed near the ...

Ecosystems face a combination of stressors that can interact in complex ways, leading to either synergistic (amplifying) or ...

A spectacular burst of color visible from space is drawing global attention—not for its beauty, but for the warning it ...

In addition to being a crucial source of oxygen, phytoplankton form the base of aquatic food webs. Small fish, crustaceans, and zooplankton feed on phytoplankton. Those creatures are then eaten by ...

Phytoplankton—microscopic plant-like organisms—are the foundation of the marine food web, sustaining everything from tiny fish to multi-ton whales while also playing a critical role in ...

Phytoplankton form the foundation of the marine food chain, and climate change is shaking that foundation. And while marine life depends on phytoplankton, sometimes it can create harmful blooms.

Small eukaryotic phytoplankton exhibited a significant ... potentially impacting global fisheries and food webs, with long-term implications for accelerating climate change through reduced ocean ...

In some places, the underside of the sea ice looks like giant green clouds. These are the 'grass meadows' of Antarctica, made ...