Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A study shows that researchers can tweak a natural process to increase the amount of carbon that reaches the ocean floor and the ...

Feeding on phytoplankton, zooplankton constitute the second link in the marine food chain and serve as a primary food source for fish larvae and many other marine organisms.

Tiny marine plankton that build calcium carbonate shells play an outsized role in regulating Earth’s climate, quietly pulling carbon from the atmosphere and helping lock it away in the deep ocean. New ...

The Mediterranean Sea is rapidly changing under ongoing climate change. In the eastern basin, tropicalization is already well documented and driven by a combination of strong warming and the influx of ...

A collaborative research team has recently revealed that rotifers, a kind of microscopic zooplankton common in both fresh and ocean water around the world, are able to chew apart microplastics, ...

Climate change-driven changes in the make-up of phytoplankton populations will drive a shift in the zooplankton that feed on them — away from omnivorous krill and copepods towards more gelatinous and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This week at the Oceanarium, I was stopped short while explaining that the eggs from a crab hatch into larval stages and become ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Scientists have developed a novel tool designed to protect and conserve coral reefs by providing them with an abundance of feeding opportunities. The device, dubbed the Underwater ...

The once famously clear water of California’s Lake Tahoe appears to be on the rebound. In late 2022, the lake was clear to a depth of 81 feet, almost 20 feet deeper than in 2021, according to a report ...

The dynamics of freshwater zooplankton communities are increasingly influenced by environmental stressors, among which ultraviolet radiation (UVR) plays a pivotal role. UVR can affect the physiology ...

is a senior science reporter covering energy and the environment with more than a decade of experience. She is also the host of Hell or High Water: When Disaster Hits Home, a podcast from Vox Media ...

Text by Kelly Fretwell and Adrienne Mason / Hakai Magazine, Photos by Hakai Institute Published May 25, 2024 12:00 PM EDT This article was originally featured on Hakai Magazine, an online publication ...