A team of scientists has uncovered a rare isotope in microscopic fossils, offering fresh evidence that ocean ecosystems may ...

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 ...

A large proportion of the carbon dioxide emissions that are currently being released into the atmosphere by human activities ...

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 ...