Scientists are gaining new insights into how plankton supports life on Earth — just as climate change is changing everything.

A frightening phenomenon that's making seawater more acidic, spelling disaster for many marine animals, from plankton and coral up the food chain to sea stars ... Sign our petition to help protect ...

Scientists created a tool to study individual phytoplankton, helping predict climate effects and ocean health changes.

In 1977 scientists discovered that at the deepest parts of the ocean ... How this food chain began was a mystery. It was apparent that the life there was completely dependent upon the vents ...

Plastic Reflectic is an art installation made out of plastic rubbish collected from the ocean. The plastic is ... t biodegrade and so it enters the food chain. The artist wanted to show how ...

Researchers at the University of Plymouth and Plymouth Marine Laboratory are examining the environmental effects of sunscreen chemicals, with a new study - published in the journal Marine Pollution Bu ...

Zooplankton are one of the most diverse and abundant groups of organisms on Earth and they play an essential role in the marine food chain. Unable to photosynthesise, as phytoplankton do ...

Ocean acidification can negatively affect marine life ... This can have knock-on effects in the food chain, potentially impacting the other animals that rely on them for food, including whales and ...

which can enter the marine food chain and become incredibly damaging to sea life. The main source of ocean plastic pollution is land-based—80% of plastic in the ocean originates on land. But what does ...