"How this change cascades through the food chain needs to be closely monitored, as this has profound implications for us." ...

Phytoplankton across most of the Arctic Ocean are now starving for nitrogen rather than struggling for light, a shift that ...

Disappearing sea ice is letting more sunlight in the Arctic Ocean and boosting phytoplankton growth, but this has depleted a ...

Researchers say the Arctic Ocean crossed a biological tipping point in 2009, when nitrate levels in the water suddenly ...

A new study reveals that Arctic sea ice loss is depleting a key ocean nutrient, threatening plankton, marine life, and food webs ...

An irreversible shift in the chemical make-up of the Arctic Ocean driven by climate change is disrupting the region’s food chain, a study suggests.

Klara Wolf (left) samples Actic phytoplankton in Kongsfjorden, Ny Ålesund, Svalbard. Credit: Alfred-Wegener-Institut / Paolo Verzone The basis of the marine food web in the Arctic, the phytoplankton, ...

New research suggests the Arctic may be approaching a critical threshold. Here's what scientists are predicting – and why it matters.

As the North Pole, the Arctic Ocean, and the surrounding Arctic land warm rapidly, scientists are racing to understand the warming’s effects on Arctic ecosystems. With shrinking sea ice, more light ...

Scientists warn that record-high sea surface temperatures in the North Atlantic Ocean this year are having consequences for sea life. As marine heat waves there have worsened over the years, ...

According to the university's first deputy chancellor Viktor Demin, plankton's behavioral reactions point to water pollution at the earliest stage, since during feeding plankton filters large amounts ...

Marine plankton plays an important role in the food chain, which is said to be undergoing a transformation due to climate change. Assistant Professor Kohei Matsuno of the Faculty of Fisheries Sciences ...