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Shifting foundations of the Antarctic food web could ripple through the entire ecosystem

Researchers from Denmark, New Zealand, Australia, Spain and the U.S. have reconstructed the composition of phytoplankton communities around Antarctica over nearly three decades, the most comprehensive ...
EurekAlert!

Marine plankton tell the long story of ocean health, and maybe human too

Tapping an almost century-long survey, UC San Diego researchers say these microscopic organisms may offer way to monitor historical marine pollution trends; and perhaps be used to predict trends in ...
The Conversation

Small but mighty, plankton are some of the most powerful creatures on Earth

Abigail McQuatters-Gollop receives funding from Natural Environment Research Council and the Department for Food, Environment and Rural Affairs. If you go to the beach and dip a bucket in the sea, you ...
The Conversation

Tiny oceanic plankton adapted to warming during the last ice age, but probably won’t survive future climate change – new study

Rui Ying received funding from China Scholarship Council for this study. Daniela Schmidt received funding from NERC. She is a member of NERC Science Committee and the council of the Palaeontological ...
Science Daily

Marine plankton tell the long story of ocean health, and maybe human too

Researchers suggest that rising levels of humanmade chemicals, accumulating in marine plankton, might be used to monitor the impact of human activity on ecosystem health and perhaps study links ...