Researchers bring prehistoric algae back to life after 7,000 years in Baltic Sea mud
Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research (IOW)
Published: 28 March 2025
Scientists at IOW revived dormant diatoms from 7,000-year-old anoxic Baltic Sea sediment. The species Skeletonema marinoi regained full viability, growing and photosynthesizing at rates comparable to modern strains.
Keywords: Baltic Sea, diatoms, resurrection ecology, paleobiology, Skeletonema marinoi, marine sediments, phytoplankton
Paleontologists investigate how life entered and adapted to the deep sea
University of Chicago
Published: 1 February 2026
Researchers traced how bivalve lineages colonized deep-sea environments via two distinct pathways, finding some developed symbiotic relationships with bacteria at hydrothermal vents and cold seeps.
Keywords: deep-sea evolution, bivalves, hydrothermal vents, cold seeps, paleontology, marine adaptation, symbiosis, chemosynthesis
MBARI researchers contribute to global eDNA sampling initiative
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
Published: 25 March 2026
MBARI scientists contributed eDNA samples and expertise to a global marine biodiversity monitoring program, collecting water samples from Monterey Bay to catalog ocean life through genetic sequencing.
Keywords: eDNA, marine biodiversity, Monterey Bay, biological oceanography, ocean monitoring, genetic sequencing
