Today, oxygen levels are significantly higher, weakening that feedback loop. As human activity continues to add CO₂ to the ...

Today, scientists increasingly look to the oceans for an explanation, where the quiet work of microscopic organisms regulates ...

Plankton play a central role in a climate process that scientists now say may behave more aggressively than once thought. As ...

NASA satellites have detected tiny red plankton swarming the oceans, revealing critical feeding grounds for endangered North Atlantic right whales. This breakthrough could transform ocean conservation ...

Scientists have uncovered a missing feedback in Earth’s carbon cycle that could cause global warming to overshoot into an ice ...

Off the New England coast, critically endangered whales are feeding on invisible swarms of red plankton—now suddenly visible ...

The scene, recorded by social media user M. Gnanesh, quickly went viral, prompting a wave of speculation online.

A newly discovered organism is challenging the fundamental definition of life, blurring the lines between viruses and ...

The pteropod Limacina helicina collected in West Greenland waters. Credit: Alena Sakovich and Clara Manno The ocean’s smallest organisms could hold the biggest clues to Earth’s climate future. The ...

New research has unraveled the mystery of how microscopic cilia coordinate to move and propel marine creatures through water. Cilia are tiny, hair-like protrusions found in many organisms, including ...