Jellyfish alert: increased sightings signal dramatic changes in ocean food web due to climate change
Plankton, some of the smallest organisms on Earth, are leading big changes in the ocean.
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Unpacking the history of how Earth feeds life, and life changes Earth
Although often separated as two unique subjects in science, geology and biology have been intricately intertwined since life on Earth first evolved billions of years ago.
How plankton helped create the Earth’s mountains 2 billion years ago
Mountains can’t be created without lubricant, and 2 billion years ago that lubricant was graphite produced by the carbon broken down from layers of dead plankton on the ocean floor.
How we uncovered the feeding habits of sharks, thanks to plankton ‘post codes’
Plankton has a chemical fingerprint that reveals where it came from. Scientists have now used this to track sharks at the opposite end of the food web.
Inside the world of tiny phytoplankton – microscopic algae that provide most of our oxygen
These tiny organisms play a huge role in fighting climate change, but they’re under threat.
Measuring amount of plankton in sea has implications for carbon storage
The first continuous plankton survey around southern Australia has set off, from the Leeuwin Current off the Western Australia…
Plankton might be trojan horse for oyster herpes virus
Plankton might cause the spread of a herpes-like virus in oysters. The oyster virus is a branch of the herpes virus, but…
Winners and losers in a hotter ocean
Fish will follow the plankton.
Tiny plankton drive processes in the ocean that capture twice as much carbon as scientists thought
Microscopic ocean phytoplankton feed a “biological pump” that carries carbon from the surface to deep waters. Scientists have found that this process stores much more carbon than previously thought.
Climate change could alter ocean food chains, leading to far fewer fish in the sea
Fish are a key food source for millions of people worldwide. But a recent study finds long-term warming over the next 200 years could starve tiny plankton, with impacts that would ripple up food chains.
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