In the vibrant yet fragile waters of the Gulf of Oman, spectacular phytoplankton blooms – visible even from space – unfold in ...

Ecosystems in the Southern Ocean, the body of water surrounding Antarctica, are under threat from climate change. The area's ...

In a nutshell Migrating baleen whales transport thousands of tons of nutrients from cold, nutrient-rich feeding grounds to warm, nutrient-poor breeding areas through their urine, placentas, skin, and ...

By reducing the acidity of surrounding waters, seagrass ecosystems help protect animals with shells or external skeletons. In the sunlit surface layer of oceans Like land plants and seagrasses ...

This Singapore plant is one example of a slew of recent ... And when they involve the oceans — complex ecosystems already under huge strain from global warming — criticisms can get even ...

Plants are the autotrophs in their ecosystems ... either. In deep, dark ocean ecosystems, some bacteria use chemicals like hydrogen sulfide as their energy supply instead. It’s wild down there!

In most ecosystems, sunlight is absorbed and converted ... different primary producers (marine phytoplankton and land plants). The oceans cover a much larger area than the land, so per area ...

Now we can add whale urine to that list, according to a paper published in the journal Nature Communications. “Lots of people think of plants as the lungs of the planet, taking in carbon dioxide, and ...

With more than 80% of ocean species wiped out ... By understanding how ancient plant ecosystems weathered extreme climate swings, researchers hope to learn valuable lessons about how modern ...

An ecosystem is a natural environment in which animals, plants and organisms work to support life. This film explains the difference between biotic and abiotic, terrestrial, freshwater and ocean ...

“You know it’s a garden, you know it’s pretty, you know it’s plants ... in this normally cold ecosystem. It started in the deep waters, where warm and cold ocean currents shifted.

With more than 80% of ocean species wiped out ... By understanding how ancient plant ecosystems weathered extreme climate swings, researchers hope to learn valuable lessons about how modern ...