TAMPA, Fla. (Oct. 1, 2025) – A team of scientists has uncovered a rare isotope in microscopic fossils, offering fresh evidence that ocean ecosystems may be more resilient than once feared. In a new ...

Photo Ash erupts high into the atmosphere from Kilauea in 2018. A new study found the eruption sparked a massive phytoplankton bloom that sequestered much of the carbon released during the eruption.

SEATTLE (AP) — For decades, scientists believed Prochlorococcus, the smallest and most abundant phytoplankton on Earth, would thrive in a warmer world. But new research suggests the microscopic ...

Ash erupted high into the atmosphere from Kīlauea in 2018. Credit: U.S. Geological Survey When the Kīlauea Volcano erupted in May 2018, an enormous amount of ash was released into the atmosphere in a ...

Isabelle Ng receives funding from the James Cook University Postgraduate Research Scholarship. Alexandre Siqueira receives funding from Edith Cowan University as a Vice-Chancellor's Research Fellow.

Stanford researchers have uncovered evidence that deep underwater earthquakes can spur the growth of massive phytoplankton blooms at the ocean surface. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest ...

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, ...

Phytoplankton—microscopic algae that form the base of ocean food webs—have long been viewed as transient players in the global carbon cycle: They bloom, die, and the carbon they contain is quickly ...

A research group in Japan has suggested that ash released from volcanic eruptions on Nishinoshima Island—part of Japan's Ogasawara Islands—led to a temporary surge in phytoplankton levels in the ...