Tiny Organisms, Big Insights: Phytoplankton Research Transforming Marine Science
Texas A&M University at Galveston
Published: 5 March 2026
Texas A&M Galveston researchers are using phytoplankton as indicators to study PFAS contamination in Texas coastal oyster beds and investigating how these forever chemicals persist in marine ecosystems.
Keywords: phytoplankton, PFAS, forever chemicals, oysters, marine pollution, coastal ecology, Gulf of Mexico
Marine conservation on the high seas
Helmholtz Institute for Functional Marine Biodiversity (HIFMB)
Published: 17 March 2026
The AGELESS project will investigate how climate change is reshaping marine biodiversity and develop conservation recommendations under the new UN High Seas Treaty.
Keywords: marine conservation, high seas, biodiversity, climate change, BBNJ, UN High Seas Treaty, marine protected areas
Why averages fail for bacteria in the open ocean
Queen Mary University of London
Published: 10 March 2026
Researchers show rare high-impact encounters sustain marine bacterial populations even when average conditions suggest decline, challenging models of ocean carbon export.
Keywords: marine bacteria, microbial ecology, carbon export, ocean microbes, probabilistic models, bacterial foraging, open ocean
