Phytoplankton paints Bosphorus Strait in a stunning milky turquoise
Istanbul residents were delighted with the bright and milky water, as they were quick to point out on social media.
Tag: phytoplankton
Oddly enough, phytoplankton thrive above natural oil seeps
Marine biologists study microbes in the waters above natural oil seeps in the Gulf of Mexico stumbled upon something unexpected. ...
Ocean microorganisms can ‘seed’ clouds, research finds
Researchers have known for quite a while that microorganisms in the ocean can significantly affect the weather and climate, but ...
Worth more in the oceans: fish save billions of dollars each year by storing CO2 in the oceans
Whenever you're eating a fish or some other marine creature, think just for a moment that it may actually be ...
Icelandic volcanic eruption yields bad news for iron fertilization geoengineering
In one of the first articles I've ever written on ZME Science, all the way back in 2007 (has it ...
Massive algae bloom in Arctic region raises crucial questions
NASA announced a truly unexpected phenomena, observed under the shrinking Arctic ice: a massive algae bloom under the ice. Not ...
Fool’s gold is ocean’s fertilizer
Bacteria and small plants at the bottom of the ocean require significant quantities of iron to survive and grow, just ...
NASA satellite shows awesome phytoplankton bloom
When NASA satellites and biology come together in the same sentence, you just know something awesome is going to come ...
Iron Fertilization Of Oceans against global warming
Global warming is a hot topic everywhere in the world, and probably have ourselves to blame for that. The ...