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A new research has found that climate changes from millions of years ago are recorded at daily rate in ancient sea shells.
Last Updated: Monday, September 9, 2013, 11:58
A new research has suggested that rising ocean temperatures could hamper natural cycles of carbon dioxide, nitrogen and phosphorous.
Last Updated: Sunday, July 28, 2013, 21:39
Giant fish that could grow up to 16 metres long roamed the seas 165 million years ago - during the age of dinosaurs - a new study has found.
Last Updated: Saturday, July 20, 2013, 14:04
Researchers have compiled the first ever global atlas cataloguing marine plankton to identify where, when, and how much oceanic plankton can be found around the globe.
Last Updated: Friday, June 14, 2013, 13:37
Researchers in a major international project have sequenced the genome of Emiliania huxleyi, the microscopic plankton species whose chalky skeletons form the iconic white cliffs of Dover.
Last Updated: Tuesday, May 7, 2013, 15:25
Researchers believe ancient plankton DNA might be widely preserved in Black Sea lake sediments and can likely be used to reconstruct past life in the majority of oceanic and lake environments.
Last Updated: Monday, March 18, 2013, 15:54
A new work by UC Irvine and other scientists has found that trillions of plankton near the surface of warm waters are far more carbon-rich than has long been thought.
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A new discovery has challenged the widely held assumption that a period of explosive evolution quickly follows for survivors of mass extinctions.
Last Updated: Friday, July 30, 2010, 10:34
Worldwide phytoplankton levels are declining sharply, according to the journal Nature.
Last Updated: Friday, February 19, 2010, 13:55
Scientists have discovered a new breed of giant plankton-eating fish which once filled the seas between 66 and 172 million years ago.
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