Global temperature records are expected to exceed the 1.5 °C threshold for the first time this year. This has happened much sooner than predicted. So can life on the planet adapt quickly enough? In ...

Satellites detect and confirm the presence of tiny red plankton, Calanus finmarchicus, that feeds and protects North Atlantic ...

SpongeBob SquarePantshas a wide range of characters who span from morally upstanding citizens to evil-doers who will stop at nothing until their malevolent plans are fulfilled. And if SpongeBob (Tom ...

Netflix is further expanding into the “SpongeBob SquarePants” universe with “Plankton: The Movie.” The upcoming project was announced during the streamer’s Next on Netflix Animation presentation for ...

Plankton are an incredibly important part of the ocean. Phytoplanton form the base of the marine food web and zooplankton include an incredible variety of organisms, from curious critters called ...

Despite their tiny size, plant plankton found in the world's oceans are crucial to much of life on Earth. They are the foundation of the bountiful marine food web, produce half the world's oxygen and ...

Mining the seafloor for valuable metals could send dangerous ripples through ocean food webs. Tiny floating plankton, the base of the food web, can accidentally ingest particles of sediment kicked up ...

Oceanic plankton have largely disappeared from the waters off Northern California, Oregon and Washington, mystifying scientists, stressing fisheries and causing widespread seabird mortality. The ...

Abigail McQuatters-Gollop receives funding from Natural Environment Research Council and the Department for Food, Environment and Rural Affairs. If you go to the beach and dip a bucket in the sea, you ...

Planktonic foraminifera assemblage from Caribbean sediments that provide an accurate picture of the species community before human influence. Each shell is less than one millimeter in size. Michal ...