Using 903 robotic buoys, a team at Dalhousie University, Canada, estimated the global phytoplankton biomass at about 346 million tonnes, equivalent to 250 million elephants.
New research shows that death asteroids kill dinosaurs and 75% of species gave another life form a chance to explode, changing the face of the planet.
Seawater has many different colors depending on the physical and biological characteristics taking place there.
It is estimated that seaweed and ocean microalgae account for about 9/10 plants on Earth.
A new study has shown how marine plankton affects the process of creating clouds and regulating the climate on the Earth's surface.
Phytoplankton form 'underwater' forests, and are responsible for providing nearly half of the oxygen needed for life on Earth, including ourselves.
Antarctic ice sheets suddenly appear strange blue. Is this a bad thing?