The relative importance of top-down vs. bottom-up control of phytoplankton biomass in aquatic ecosystems has been long debated and studied. However, few studies have considered the relative importance ...

These types of changes are "going to affect us, because we rely on the ocean for our air, our food, our climate regulation.” ...

We continue to witness major underwater discoveries, with both positive and negative implications attached. On a positive note, we saw a research vessel restore hope, with the discovery of coral so ...

The Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) Observatory inside the Space Environment Simulator thermal vacuum chamber before thermal environmental testing at NASA's Goddard Space Flight ...

Beatrix Beisner receives funding from NSERC and the FRQNT. She is Co-Director of the Groupe de recherche interuniversitaire en limnologie (GRIL), a research network of 12 Québec universities.

Antarctic krill, tiny shrimp-like creatures, are an important species in the Southern Ocean ecosystem and global carbon cycle ...

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 bacterium, which ...

A research group in Japan has suggested that ash released from volcanic eruptions on Nishinoshima Island—part of Japan's ...

The ocean floor teems with diverse plant life, crucial for marine ecosystems and planetary health. Kelp forests, seagrass ...