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Phytoplankton crucial to healthy planet

Phytoplankton crucial to healthy planet


Marine phytoplankton may play a key role in ensuring the health of the planet, say a Canadian scient...
Explosive evolution need not follow mass extinctions

Explosive evolution need not follow mass extinctions


A new discovery has challenged the widely held assumption that a period of explosive evolution quick...
Climate change threat to zooplankton’s refuge

Climate change threat to zooplankton’s refuge


These oxygen minimum zones are predicted to expand into shallower waters as global warming continues...
Sea-snot blizzard ‘caused by Gulf spill’

Sea-snot blizzard ‘caused by Gulf spill’


Researchers say that ‘sea snot’—sticky clumps of phytoplankton – have been caused by the Gulf of Mex...
Plankton, base of ocean food web, declining sharply

Plankton, base of ocean food web, declining sharply


Worldwide phytoplankton levels are declining sharply, according to the journal Nature.
Catastrophe 65 mn yrs ago

Catastrophe 65 mn yrs ago


Extinctions that happened 65 mn yrs were more severe.
New breed of giant plankton-eating fish `discovered`

New breed of giant plankton-eating fish `discovered`


Scientists have discovered a new breed of giant plankton-eating fish which once filled the seas betw...
Phytoplankton bloom in Indian Ocean driven by diatoms

Phytoplankton bloom in Indian Ocean driven by diatoms


In a new research, scientists have found that the large-scale autumn bloom of microscopic marine alg...
Ecologist brings century-old eggs to life to study evolution

Ecologist brings century-old eggs to life to study evolution


An ecologist from the Cornell University has brought back to life century-old eggs of zooplankton to...