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Phytoplankton, key to ocean life, falling 2% per year in North Atlantic
Dalhousie University researchers analyzed data collected over more than half a century to assess how two types of ...
Marine snow provides new clues about the export of carbon to the deep sea
As Earth's largest carbon reservoir, the ocean locks carbon away from the atmosphere. However, scientists still struggle to ...
Where do Antarctic submarine canyons get their marine life?
Submarine canyons around Antarctica tend to have less sea ice, higher sea surface temperatures, and more biomass such as ...
As the ocean warms, a new study found it’s also changing color
A study published Thursday in the journal Science found that the ocean is changing color as it warms. By analyzing satellite ...
What color should the ocean be? Rising temperatures might be changing the hue, study shows.
A new study from Duke showed oceans are getting greener at the poles and bluer in the subtropical regions, like off the SC ...
The ocean is changing colors, researchers say. Here's what it means.
Warming waters are causing the colors of the ocean to change -- a trend that could impact humans if it were to continue, ...
Niot scientists test sand filter to protect phytoplankton near desalination plants
[email protected] drop of seawater drawn by desalination plants or power stations comes at an invisible cost ...
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Phytoplankton, key to ocean life, falling 2% per year in North Atlantic
Phytoplankton are tiny but mighty. The microscopic organisms are the root of the ocean food web, feeding larger creatures such as zooplankton, which are then consumed by fish, which go on to feed ...
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Ocean waters are changing colors and pushing marine life toward the poles
A global ocean color shift is underway, with greener waters near the poles and bluer seas in the tropics, impacting many ...
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Ocean ‘greening’ at poles could spell changes for fisheries
Ocean waters are getting greener at the poles and bluer toward the equator, according to an analysis of satellite data published in Science on June 19. The change reflects shifting concentrations of a ...
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Algae pump toxins into the ocean. Can we catch them early?
A team of researchers is tapping into the ocean’s vast body of free-floating environmental DNA to catch blooms before they ...
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Phytoplankton in a witch's brew | Nature Geoscience
D'souza and colleagues 2 focus on the effects of natural seeps on ocean phytoplankton in the region of the Gulf of Mexico's continental shelf just south of the Mississippi river outflow. Deep ...