Study finds body size of marine plankton, currents keys to dispersal in ocean
When it comes to marine plankton, the smaller you are the farther you travel.
Earth Sciences
Jan 10, 2018
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Pan-European sampling campaign sheds light on the massive diversity of freshwater plankton
In a major pan-European study, a research team from Germany have successfully extracted environmental DNA (eDNA) from as many as 218 lakes to refute a long-year belief that vital microorganisms do not differ significantly ...
Ecology
Jan 8, 2018
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Brain damage in fish affected by plastic nanoparticles
Calculations have shown that 10 per cent of all plastic produced around the world ultimately ends up in the oceans. As a result, a large majority of global marine debris is in fact plastic waste. Human production of plastics ...
Environment
Sep 25, 2017
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Data from a global oceanographic expedition predict how rising temperatures influence growth of plankton populations
Bacterial and archaeal plankton, as the most abundant form of life in the oceans, profoundly influence the global environment. Based on a broad survey of the seas, researchers from KAUST have developed a model that predicts ...
Environment
Jun 12, 2017
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Space-based lidar shines new light on plankton
A space-based sensor that can "see" through fog, clouds and darkness has given scientists their first continuous look at the boom-bust cycles that drive polar plankton communities.
Earth Sciences
Dec 19, 2016
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Image: Plankton bloom in the Barents Sea captured by the Sentinel-2A satellite
Although it may appear as a watercolour painting, this image is a natural-colour capture of a plankton bloom in the Barents Sea by the Sentinel-2A satellite.
Earth Sciences
Sep 9, 2016
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For ancient deep-sea plankton, a long decline before extinction
A new study of nearly 22,000 fossils finds that ancient plankton communities began changing in important ways as much as 400,000 years before massive die-offs ensued during the first of Earth's five great extinctions.
Earth Sciences
Jul 19, 2016
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Scientists: Vibrant US marine reserve now a coral graveyard
El Nino's super warm water has turned what had been one of the world's most lush and isolated tropical marine reserve into a coral graveyard, federal scientists said Wednesday.
Environment
Jun 1, 2016
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Unlocking the secrets of bacterial biofilms – to use against them
Standing on a walkway at Yellowstone National Park, I admired the hues of orange, blue and yellow in the sand of the Grand Prismatic Spring. A small sign nearby read "bacterial mats." Visitors to Yellowstone may have noticed ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 1, 2016
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Tiny ocean organism has big role in climate regulation
Scientists have discovered that a tiny, yet plentiful, ocean organism is playing an important role in the regulation of the Earth's climate.
Earth Sciences
May 16, 2016
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