The basis of the marine food web in the Arctic, the phytoplankton ... During a heat wave, not only the air but also the ocean grows warmer—the temperature is substantially higher than the ...

“Spring is a hectic time in the ocean, and algal ... Sanna Majaneva ventured into the Arctic fjords to monitor chlorophyll, the photosynthetic pigment in phytoplankton. While Majaneva relied ...

With ice and permafrost thawing fast, nations are racing to exploit the Arctic's newly accessible treasures. Yet there are ...

Phytoplankton are changing the “physical property ... A positive feedback process is already known to occur in the Arctic, as the darker-hued ocean water absorbs more sun than the lighter-colored ice.

The Tara Polar Station, a $23 million research vessel with a crew of 12, will drift across the Arctic ice to enable better ...

Referring to the spread of warm waters from the Atlantic to the Arctic Ocean due to climate change ... providing food for primary marine producers living on the surface like phytoplankton and sea ice ...

A new study by an international team of researchers revealed that a rare and large summertime phytoplankton bloom in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre in the summer of 2018 was prompted by ash from ...

and the activity of ocean phytoplankton in the sea surface, among other things. Sea-to-air flux of carbon dioxide, estimated and interpolated from ship observations.

Ecosystems in the Southern Ocean, the body of water surrounding Antarctica, are under threat from climate change. The area's inhabitants, from whales to krill to phytoplankton, face changes such ...

Kilauea ash (top) was deposited where the bloom occurred. Credit: W. Cheah.

This can be used to refine our understanding of phytoplankton bloom dynamics and to improve our understanding of the ocean's carbon cycle." Despite being one of the most active volcanoes in the ...