Biochemistry

While icebergs are calving from Antarctic glaciers at alarming rates, they may provide a negative feedback for the carbon cycle.…

Mercury: we know it from old-school thermometers and we know if from sushi; and now we know that the distribution…

Researchers from California used a unique ex situ experiment to monitor two near identical reef communities in different concentrations of…

Fast-sinking phytoplankton particles deliver carbon from the surface to the deep ocean. Are plankton cells still able to survive when…

What happens to a shrimp's shell when exposed to more acidic conditions? Read more to find out!

Yes, you can purchase a fuzzy red tide-forming algal cell. Aside from being much smaller and lacking any type of…

River herring are anadromous fish, which means they live most of their life in the ocean but spawn in freshwater…

Today macrobioerosion is a good thing that provides cement for the foundation of reef systems. So more macrobioerosion could mean…

Cone snails are a family of organisms that use venom injected into the water to help them capture their prey.…

Amino acids, the building blocks of proteins, are an important nitrogen source in the ocean and the δ15N of amino…