We introduce a trait-based description of diatom functional diversity to an existing plankton functional type (PFT) model, implemented for the eutrophied coastal ecosystem in the Southern Bight of the ...

This investigation was performed during a 5-yr period (1974-1978) in the oligotrophic Lake Langvatn, Central Norway. In 1975 and 1976 the lake was enriched with a commercial fertilizer. In 1975 ...

Six decades of data on North Atlantic phytoplankton reveal that their biomass has decreased up to 2% annually across most of the Atlantic Ocean. Credit: Ekaterina Boltaga, Unsplash, CC0 A trio of ...

Take a deep breath. Now take nine more. According to new research, the amount of oxygen in one of those 10 breaths was made possible thanks to a newly identified cellular mechanism that promotes ...

Deep-sea mining operations could potentially disrupt marine ecosystems by releasing nutrient-poor sediments that essentially ...

Photosynthesis is a unique biological process that has permitted the colonization of land and sea by plants and phytoplankton respectively. While the mechanisms of photosynthesis in plants are well ...

Thanks to a new algorithm, researchers at the AWI can now use satellite data to determine in which parts of the ocean certain types of phytoplankton are dominant. In addition, they can identify toxic ...

Humanity has a long track record of making big changes with little forethought. From fossil fuels to AI, plastics to pesticides, we love innovating away our problems, only to find we’ve created ...