Tag Archive for 'Phytoplankton'

Coenobial microfossils from the Forteau Formation, including: (a, f) strut-form colonies, (b-e, h-k, m-o, s-u) plate-form colonies, and (g, l, p-r) ring-form colonies. Scale bar - 20 µm. Image credit: Thomas H.P. Harvey, doi: 10.1098/rspb.2023.1882.

510-Million-Year-Old Microfossils Shed Light on Cambrian Plankton

Oct 30, 2023 by News Staff

The 510-million-year-old fossils from the Forteau Formation of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, are microscopic, look like spiny balls connected together,...

Carbon Dioxide ‘Leak’ in Southern Ocean May Have Warmed Earth for 11,000 Years

Aug 1, 2018 by News Staff

The Earth’s oceans lock away atmospheric carbon dioxide, but a ‘leak’ in the Southern Ocean, which surrounds Antarctica, brings the greenhouse gas...

This Sentinel-2A image shows an eye of algal bloom in exquisite detail as well as a ship. The ship’s wake can be seen as a straight dark line where the bloom has been disturbed by the ship’s propellers. The image has a spatial resolution of 33 feet (10 m). Image credit: Copernicus Sentinel data / ESA.

ESA’s Sentinel-2A Satellite Sees Algal Storm in Baltic Sea

Sep 8, 2015 by News Staff

ESA’s Sentinel-2A satellite has captured detailed images of a phytoplankton bloom in the middle of the Baltic Sea on 7 August 2015. This particular bloom...

The Southern Ocean’s clouds can cool the Earth by reflecting sunlight that would otherwise be absorbed by the darker ocean below, and phytoplankton help with that. Image credit: NASA.

Phytoplankton Play Significant Role in Generating Brighter Clouds over Southern Ocean

Jul 20, 2015 by News Staff

A study of clouds over the Southern Ocean reveals how tiny natural particles given off by marine phytoplankton nearly double cloud droplet numbers in the...

Phytoplankton bloom in the Black Sea. Image credit: NASA / GSFC / Jeff Schmaltz / MODIS Land Rapid Response Team.

Marine Bacteria Can Control Chemistry of Sea Spray Ejected into Atmosphere

May 18, 2015 by News Staff

According to marine biologists led by Dr Kimberly Prather from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, a factor that determines the properties of clouds...

Huge Phytoplankton Bloom Found in Arctic

Jun 8, 2012 by Natali Anderson

Researchers have discovered a massive bloom of phytoplankton beneath ice-covered Arctic waters. Until now, sea ice was thought to block sunlight and limit...