There’s a long-standing conundrum in ecology called the paradox of the plankton. Famously articulated by ecologist George Evelyn Hutchinson in 1961, the paradox explores how odd it is that there are ...

Thanks to a new algorithm, researchers at the AWI can now use satellite data to determine in which parts of the ocean certain types of phytoplankton are dominant. In addition, they can identify toxic ...

Swim along the edge of a coral reef and you'll often see schools of sleek, torpedo-shaped fishes gliding through the currents, feeding on tiny plankton from the water column. For decades, scientists ...

The plankton in the world’s oceans are being affected by climate change, according to experts, but a claim spreading on social media gives a particularly dire assessment of the situation. “Plankton in ...

Not much attention is paid to plankton because these creatures are usually hidden from sight. They are mostly microscopic in size and live in aquatic environments, but human lives are intricately ...

Global temperature records are expected to exceed the 1.5 °C threshold for the first time this year. This has happened much sooner than predicted. So can life on the planet adapt quickly enough? In ...

URI researchers say that in the last 50 years, levels of phytoplankton – tiny plants that are the foundation of the marine food chain – are down by 50% in Narragansett Bay. Through photosynthesis, ...