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A newborn iceberg called A-84 looks like a tiny ice cube as it tumbles along the Antarctic Peninsula in a fascinating new ...

Once scientists have collected an eDNA sample, they analyze it via bar coding, which can either look for a single species or ...

Seen up close, each polyp has a tube-like body and an opening ringed with dozens of “transparent” tentacles. These “sand-encrusted” polyps form “small groups embedded and assembled in a common tissue” ...

The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research has developed satellite ocean colour maps to warn of red tides ...

Phytoplankton, tiny plant-like organisms in the ocean, are incredibly important for life on Earth. They're a major food ...

Phytoplankton, tiny plant-like organisms in the ocean, are incredibly important for life on Earth. They're a major food ...

Scientists created a tool to study individual phytoplankton, helping predict climate effects and ocean health changes.

Projections of our future under climate change paint a picture of extreme weather and acidified oceans, a world many of today ...

As crews work to remove potentially hundreds of thousands of tons of hazardous materials from the Los Angeles wildfires, ...

ROCKVILLE, MD – Phytoplankton, tiny plant-like organisms in the ocean, are incredibly important for life on Earth. They're a major food source for ...