Single-cell plants called phytoplankton have a surprising way of remembering conditions in the past to help jump-start their ...

we observed the same lack of relation between phytoplankton diversity and zooplankton diversity (Fig. 1d). That is, marine pelagic environments with a high plant diversity do not necessarily have ...

Even if you are far from a factory, the ocean can still feel its smoke. A new study led by scientists at the University of ...

Phytoplankton are microscopic plants floating around in marine and aquatic ecosystems that produce 50-80% of the world’s oxygen. Besides providing food for countless other organisms, they are so ...

Researchers find that tiny ocean plants react to nutrient and temperature shifts. In nutrient-poor zones, efficient ...

They don't have brains, so how does this past information influence their performance?' Kremer standing next to two 'thermal ...

On one side there are the autotrophs, such as plants, which mostly use photosynthesis ... whereas others can integrate photosynthesizing phytoplankton into their own bodies. The mixotrophs are ...

Trace metals such as iron or zinc that are stored in deep-sea sediments are lost forever to phytoplankton on the ocean ...

Plankton also has an environmental super-power. Like plants on land, phytoplankton takes in carbon dioxide and produces oxygen. In fact, these tiny organisms provide half of the oxygen that we ...

But what scientists have assumed for many years to be plant plankton (phytoplankton) may actually be voracious predators. In lakes, plankton prey on single-celled bacteria that are in turn ...