Oceanography
'Beauty killer' at the sea
'Red tide' - tiny aquatic organism during algal blooms, can bring about greater destruction than what people think about it, with the possibility of poisoning the entire…
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Oceanography
The beach glows
On a moonless night, if you walk to the beach on Vaadhoo Island in the Maldives, the glowing tiny creatures will cling to your feet. In addition, you can see light comin…
Oceanography
Plankton contribute to super typhoons
According to a new study, plankton play an important role in turning ordinary storms into super storms, and
Oceanography
Acid clouds benefit the oceans
Scientists from Leeds University have demonstrated that atmospheric acid divides large iron molecules in the dust into tiny dissolved iron particles that plankton are ea…
Oceanography
Sahara desert sandstorm sustains life in the Atlantic Ocean
Research by the University of Liverpool found that the Sahara desert sandstorm helps sustain life across a large area of the North Atlantic.
Oceanography
The genome of a marine creature carries the secret of the unicellular ancestor of human beings
The newly established genome of a plankton, which consists of only one living sea cell, was published on Feb. 14 in Nature. This genome informs scientists about the evol…
Oceanography
Strange creature under the Bermuda Triangle
Under the eternal black water of the Bermuda Triangle, scientists have discovered a series of interesting, diverse and eye-catching sea creatures.
Archeology
Ancient fish is half a meter long
The flat-headed, half-meter-long fish survive in the ocean of 92 million years ago by eating plankton.
Archeology
Excavating strange creatures 500 million years old
The fossil creature shaped like a cigar, lived 520 million years ago was discovered by paleontologist Andrew Smith of the Natural History Museum and colleagues in the se…
Archeology
Fossil creatures 65 million years old
Recently, archaeologists discovered an ancient set of fossils, which existed about 65 million years ago. The fossil set is found in South Dakota and North America cliffs…
Archeology
Detecting large amounts of mollusc bio-fossils
Scientists have discovered a large amount of mollusc creature dating back about 500 million years near Table Mountain, South Africa.
Space science
NASA space station uses Laser ocean exploration
Although plankton are very small in size, they play a huge role in ecosystems - they can even tell us about climate change.
Space science
Found traces of plankton in the universe
Scientists have discovered traces of living organisms that live on the surface of the International Space Station (ISS).
Biology
Plankton create clouds that regulate the climate for the Earth
A new study has shown how marine plankton affects the process of creating clouds and regulating the climate on the Earth's surface.
Biology
Plants know how to swim to avoid enemies
Susanne Menden-Deuer, a marine expert at the University of Rhode Island in the US, and her colleagues observed Heterosigma akashiwo, a microalgae, in the lab. Livescienc…