News articles tagged with 'phytoplankton'
Icebergs in the Antarctic play important role in carbon cycle
— 29 Mar 2011 15:31 | EnvironmentIcebergs cool and dilute the ocean water they pass through and also affect the distribution carbon-dioxide-absorbing phytoplankton in the Southern Ocean, according to a team of researchers…
Observing Arctic ice-edge plankton blooms from space
— 5 Mar 2011 13:51 | EnvironmentOngoing climate-driven changes to the Arctic sea-ice could have a significant impact on the blooming of tiny planktonic plants (phytoplankton) with important implications for the Arctic…
Scripps oceanography researchers discover Arctic blooms occurring earlier
— 3 Mar 2011 13:50 | EnvironmentWarming temperatures and melting ice in the Arctic may be behind a progressively earlier bloom of a crucial annual marine event, and the shift could hold consequences for the entire…
Rising greenhouse gases profoundly impact microscopic marine life
— 3 Jan 2011 15:53 | EnvironmentThe prolonged, extensive emission of greenhouse gases over the next several decades could have significant impacts on ocean life, according to a study by UC Merced marine biologist…
Efficient phosphorus use by phytoplankton
— 18 Dec 2010 14:43 | EnvironmentRapid turnover and remodelling of lipid membranes could help phytoplankton cope with nutrient scarcity in the open ocean…
New long-range undersea robot goes the distance
— 3 Nov 2010 11:26 | EnvironmentOver the past decade, the undersea robots known as autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) have become increasingly important in oceanographic research. Today's AUVs fall into two groups:…
Coccolithophore blooms in the southwest Atlantic
— 21 Oct 2010 20:49 | BiologyA study led by Dr Stuart Painter of the National Oceanography Centre helps explain the formation of huge phytoplankton blooms off the southeast coast of South America during the austral…
UW-built device reveals invisible world teeming with microscopic algae
— 7 Oct 2010 14:54 | BiologyIt just got easier to pinpoint biological hot spots in the world's oceans where some inhabitants are smaller than, well, a pinpoint…
Death of the 'doughnut'
— 4 Sep 2010 10:57 | EnvironmentSomething has been eating Charlie Kerfoot's doughnut, and all fingers point to a European mollusc about the size of a fat lima bean…
Ocean's colour affects hurricane paths
— 14 Aug 2010 07:57 | EnvironmentA change in the colour of ocean waters could have a drastic effect on the prevalence of hurricanes, new research indicates. In a simulation of such a change in one region of the North…