Ancient fossils show how much warming tropical oceans can handle before plankton collapse, offering clues about future ...

LOS ANGELES - The world's phytoplankton appears to have been disappearing at a rate of about 1 percent a year for the past century, researchers announced Wednesday, a disturbing long-term trend for ...

Scientists have discovered a newly identified marine fungus that can infect and kill toxic algae responsible for harmful ...

After starting her PhD studies in 2018, Monica Thukral would go for a swim off the coast of San Diego two to three times a week. The regular, physical connection with the waters helped to anchor her ...

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A common type of ocean algae plays a significant role in producing a massively abundant compound that helps cool the Earth’s climate, new research has discovered. The findings of the study by the ...

OSLO (Reuters) - Tiny marine algae can evolve fast enough to cope with climate change in a sign that some ocean life may be more resilient than thought to rising temperatures and acidification, a ...

Primitive green algae in aquatic environments use a distinct light-harvesting complex called Lhcp, which differs from the LHCII found in land plants, suggesting an evolutionary transition that ...

It's weird, all right. We found out what's going on. You go on a beach trip or look out the airplane window, and you do a double take. You could swear the ocean is looking a bit teal. Are you ...

Plastic might not smell like lunch to humans, but after it’s marinated in the ocean for a while, it can start to smell that way to seabirds. A new study found that one of the reasons that some marine ...

The L.A. County Board of Supervisors unanimously passed a motion Tuesday to help address a growing crisis of toxic algae sickening and killing sea life. Over the last three months, hundreds of ...