In Antarctica, penguin droppings are emerging as unexpected climate allies. Research indicates that ammonia from penguin ...

Temperatures around the world continue to rise—and the North Sea is no exception. Yet, in addition to this gradual warming, ...

The sea is full of bioluminescent creatures but massive ‘milky sea’ events in the middle of the ocean have puzzled scientists ...

This interactive map will help state residents and out-of-state visitors visualize which Nebraska lakes are on health alert for Harmful Algal Blooms.

In a pattern both state and community scientists have noted every summer, area waterways are exceeding thresholds in bacteria ...

Warmer climates than Earth’s could accelerate life’s development, potentially increasing the number of planets with more ...

“We need to understand how that process is working … because, among many other things, bacteria and phytoplankton are associated with the bottom of the oceanic food chain — all the higher ...

The tiny globs of "snow" are made up of leftovers from life at the surface: dead and dying plankton, their poop and mucus, and the bacteria that feed on them. It turns out this process is vital to ...

In lakes, plankton prey on single-celled bacteria that are in turn responsible for recycling nutrients that keep lake food webs functioning. I am a researcher studying phytoplankton and ...