Melting Sea Ice The Arctic sea ice is disappearing at a pace that alarms scientists and nature enthusiasts alike. This ...

Stochastic variations in weather played a key role controlling light penetration into the lake and hence the abundance and composition of under-ice phytoplankton. After snow melt the proportion of ...

Many phytoplankton are microscopic, and they range from single-celled algae to bacteria to protists, which aren’t plants or animals. One thing they all have in common: They require sunlight.

Phylogenomics data place the enigmatic plankton in the middle of the algal family tree, despite their apparent lack of plastids—an organelle characteristic of all other algae. Christie is a seasoned ...

Algae that tinge snow red are to blame for about a sixth of the snowmelt at an Alaskan ice field Microbes are pushing glacial snow into the red. An alga species that grows on glaciers gives the ...

Some biologists speculate that this could lead to earlier and larger blue-green algae blooms, which can be toxic to humans and put a damper on summer tourism. Without ice, the lakes' upper levels ...

Toxic algae blooms have plagued popular beaches and ... afternoon outside a possible Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility near Highway 130 and Highway 45 in Pflugerville.

Scientists say Lake Michigan’s winter season is getting shorter, disrupting fish populations, nutrient cycles and even summer ...