Nutrient cycles quietly power every ecosystem on Earth, moving essential elements like carbon and nitrogen through land, water, and air. Scientists warn that disruptions—especially in the nitrogen ...

Computer models reveal how human-driven climate change will dramatically overhaul critical nutrient cycles in the ocean. In the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, University of ...

A group of Japanese researchers have discovered how to estimate the age of marimo. They also successfully illuminated a mechanism that is vital for the algae balls’ growth. These findings will be ...

The effects of the steadily increasing amount of plastic in the ocean are complex and not yet fully understood. Scientists at GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel have now shown for the ...

If you were to collect all the organisms from the ocean surface down to 200 meters, you'd find that SAR11 bacteria, though invisible to the naked eye, would make up a fifth of the total biomass. These ...

Life in the deepest parts of the ocean may have access to more food than scientists once believed. A new study has found that the huge pressure found several kilometres below the ocean surface ...

New research from Washington State University could help grape growers improve nutrient use efficiency and develop a more ...

Cover crops form an important cog in the annual cycle of tillage farming activities, according to the Potash Development ...