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Subarctic lakes drying up at fastest rates since last 200 years

Last Updated: Thursday, November 28, 2013, 14:19

A new study suggests that subarctic lakes are drying up at a rate that has not been witnesses in 200 years.

New technique to track algae developed

Last Updated: Monday, September 9, 2013, 18:08

Scientists have developed a new technique to detect and monitor algae in aquatic systems.

Warmer oceans to hit carbon soaking organisms

Last Updated: Friday, October 26, 2012, 12:07

Warmer oceans could significantly hit the population of phytoplankton, micro-organisms that soak up carbon, says a study.

Phytoplankton crucial to healthy planet

Last Updated: Saturday, February 18, 2012, 17:26

Marine phytoplankton may play a key role in ensuring the health of the planet, say a Canadian scientist.

Sea-snot blizzard ‘caused by Gulf spill’

Last Updated: Saturday, September 25, 2010, 14:58

Researchers say that ‘sea snot’—sticky clumps of phytoplankton – have been caused by the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

Phytoplankton bloom in Indian Ocean driven by diatoms

Last Updated: Saturday, August 15, 2009, 14:46

In a new research, scientists have found that the large-scale autumn bloom of microscopic marine algae known as phytoplankton in the southwest Indian Ocean was driven by diatoms in 2005, not by nitrogen-fixing blue-green algae.