Plankton are positively microscopic, but their importance to the planet is anything but. Unfortunately, they are now at risk due to oceans that are becoming warmer and more acidic, and that could mean ...

In general, robots and water don't mix. Researchers from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego must not have gotten the memo. They've designed a swarm of ...

This week at the Oceanarium, I was stopped short while explaining that the eggs from a crab hatch into larval stages and become plankton. The question that stopped me was, “What is plankton?” Now, my ...

Abigail McQuatters-Gollop receives funding from Natural Environment Research Council and the Department for Food, Environment and Rural Affairs. If you go to the beach and dip a bucket in the sea, you ...

Sign up for the Morning Brief email newsletter to get weekday updates from The Weather Channel and our meteorologists. Plankton are positively microscopic, but their ...