Microscopic plant-like organisms that form dazzling turquoise displays in shallow waters have returned as spring in North America transitions into a wet summer. Sunlight and warm temperatures in the ...

Underwater earthquakes in Antarctica can trigger massive phytoplankton blooms, linking deep-sea seismic activity to ocean life.

NASA satellites detected a phytoplankton bloom around Antarctic iceberg A-23A as it melted, showing how icebergs can fertilize the ocean.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dolphins are starving to death in Florida. Scientists say a plankton bloom is to blame Florida dolphins are starving to death ...

Each year, vast blooms of phytoplankton spread across the Southern Ocean, drawing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and fueling Antarctica’s marine food web. For decades, scientists have attributed ...

Southern California's coast has taken on an unusual appearance in recent days. Every night, the water gets a "beautiful blue glow." Videos from the coastline show dolphins jumping through glowing ...

Phytoplankton grow constantly and just about anywhere there are open, sunlit patches of ocean. When conditions are right, the growth of these microscopic cells can blossom to scales that are visible ...

When the Kīlauea Volcano erupted in May 2018, an enormous amount of ash was released into the atmosphere in a plume nearly five miles high. A new study by an international team of researchers revealed ...

Washington shellfish look to have joined in the Halloween spirit after a plankton bloom sprouted orange spots on clams and oysters. The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) said in a ...

CHONBURI, Thailand Sept 20 (Reuters) - An unusually dense plankton bloom off the eastern coast of Thailand is creating an aquatic "dead zone", threatening the livelihood of local fishermen who farm ...