"Bloom" with a view! Here's a look at new research into earthquakes "supercharging" plankton blooms in the Southern Ocean.

Despite its cold waters and harsh winds, the North Sea is a fertile basin for phytoplankton blooms. The drifting, plantlike organisms tend to be most abundant in late spring and early summer due to ...

The research team recovers a sediment trap from the back deck of the ship to capture sinking particles. Large phytoplankton blooms north of the Hawaiian Islands have been seen in satellite imagery as ...

Each year, vast blooms of phytoplankton spread across the Southern Ocean, drawing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and fueling Antarctica’s marine food web. For decades, scientists have attributed ...

From more than 400 miles above Earth, NASA is tracking some of the planet’s smallest life forms drifting just beneath the ocean’s surface to monitor how global warming affects ocean health. The ...

Photo Ash erupts high into the atmosphere from Kilauea in 2018. A new study found the eruption sparked a massive phytoplankton bloom that sequestered much of the carbon released during the eruption.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Millions of tiny organisms called phytoplankton live in every aquatic environment. They are critical components of the Earth ...

A deceased stranded dolphin photographed by researchers. Photograph supplied by Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute. Stranding response conducted under a Stranding Agreement between HSWRI and NOAA ...

A sizable algae bloom was seen for miles down the Pacific coastline on Tuesday, turning the typical blue waters into a reddish-brown sensation that attracted considerable tourist attention. The "red ...

Florida dolphins are starving to death because of harmful marine algae blooms, researchers have said. In 2013, 8 percent of the bottlenose dolphins living in Florida’s Indian River Lagoon perished.