Microplastics increase antibiotic resistance and damage plants' ability to photosynthesise, writes Fionn Ferreira ...

Every summer there they are again, blue-green algae. Why are they a problem, are they getting worse with climate change and ...

Winter brought a colder and icier season to the Great Lakes, especially Lake Erie, which saw a near-complete ice cover in ...

Imagine the world’s oceans with their beautiful blue color. Now, imagine that the same oceans were green. This is the intriguing possibility suggested by new research from Nagoya University in Japan.

Climate change is causing the world's glaciers to disappear at an alarming rate. Scientists have been studying and modeling ...

The water body located in Littleton and Lyman has suffered from frequent bouts of the photosynthetic bacteria, which feed on ...

A new study reveals that baleen whales, including humpbacks and gray whales, enrich oceans when they take a whizz.

Now a fresh study suggests even plants are feeling the pressure. This new research from 5 Gyres Institute offers new clues about how these plastic particles affect photosynthesis. The team gathered ...

“Microplastics are like rafts — a bacteria on its own might not be able to swim down a river, but riding in its biofilm on a tiny bit of plastic it can be disseminated into many different ...

Photosynthesis involves converting light energy from the sun into chemical energy in the form of organic compounds, such as glucose. It is a vital biological process that occurs in plants, algae and ...