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Colour, smell and duration of sea foam are all signs of local environmental health.
Fish will follow the plankton.
Plankton are vital to planetary and climate stability and are therefore important contributors to human well-being.
Ever since Charles Darwin, scientists have assumed species facing the same problem often evolve similar traits. But that’s not always the case.
A harmful algal bloom of Karenia mikimotoi made dozens of surfers sick and killed seadragons, fish and octopuses on two South Australian beaches.
Scientists have compared data from the last ice age, around 21,000 years ago, and modern records to see what happened to plankton when the world has previously warmed.
Tiny phytoplankton have an outsized influence on the entire ocean.
Plankton bloom and wither with the seasons much as plants do on land.
Appearances can be deceptive but genomes not so much – this has huge implications for measuring biodiversity.
Explore the incredible underwater world of plankton.
A new report has found the marine reserve covering the Heard and McDonald islands must urgently be expanded.
UK is home to a diverse range of jellyfish species – encounters with them may become more frequent as the ocean warms.
Plankton, some of the smallest organisms on Earth, are leading big changes in the ocean.
Plankton-eating sharks are struggling to navigate crowded ocean highways, a new study suggests.
Mountains can’t be created without lubricant, and 2 billion years ago that lubricant was graphite produced by the carbon broken down from layers of dead plankton on the ocean floor.
Studies of Lake Windermere show how organisms moving in lakes help keep water layers fresh and reduce greenhouse gas production.
Seabirds journey vast distances across the Earth’s seascapes to find food and to breed. This means their biology, particularly their breeding success, can reveal what’s happening in our oceans.
How Pacific winds interact with the sea to bring colder waters up from the depths.
In the ocean, phytoplankton helped by diazotrophs play an outstanding role in withdrawing CO₂ from the atmosphere. But climate change is disturbing this delicate balance.
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Associate Professor of Marine Conservation, University of Plymouth
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Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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Professor Emeritus of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University
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Research Fellow, School of Earth & Environment, University of Leeds
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Research Scientist, Queen's University, Ontario
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Professor of Environmental Change, UCL
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Professor of Environmental Science and Policy, University of California, Davis
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Research Fellow in School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Cardiff University
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Associate Professor of Marine Ecology, University of Southampton
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Associate Professor, School of Environmental and Life Sciences , University of Newcastle
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Researcher, Remote Sensing and Satellite Research Group, Curtin University
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Professor of Palaeoclimatology, University of Nottingham
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Chair Professor, Swansea University
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Professor in Earth Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, and Emeritus Professor of Mineral Physics, University of Cambridge
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Professor of Coastal Oceanography, University of California, Davis