Researchers from Oregon State University, NASA and other organizations said today that they have succeeded for the first time in measuring the physiology of marine phytoplankton through satellite...
As the discussion of global warming becomes more serious, there is more talk about options for dealing with the carbon dioxide already in the atmosphere
Japanese scientists have identified two light receptors in marine algae which appear to be responsible for the proliferation of these plants.
The scientists hope to use the findings, published...
Several times over the past century, scientists and environmental engineers have proposed spreading slurries of dissolved iron into the oceans in order to uAa?fertilizeuAA? the waters and...
World Wildlife Fund today announced its opposition to a plan by Planktos, Inc. (OTCBB: PLKT) to dump iron dust in the open ocean west of the Galapagos Islands. The experiment seeks to induce...
B12-an essential vitamin for land-dwelling animals, including humans-also turns out to be an essential ingredient for growing marine plants that are critical to the ocean food web and Earth's...
An underwater paradise filled with exotic fish, marine plants and coral reefs has been discovered by professional scuba divers exploring the shallow waters of a sea mountain in the Caribbean...
