Back in 2018, imagery from the European Space Agency’s Sentinel-2A satellite captured unusual ‘slicks’ in the Baltic Sea, ...

As temperatures climb, so does the risk of potentially harmful cyanobacteria blooms—commonly known as blue-green algae—that can pose serious health risks to people, pets and livestock.

These cyanobacteria are part of many ice-covered Antarctic lakes, but unique to Lake Enigma is the fact that they are found only in microbial mats, or blobs that cover the lake's floor. The research ...

Social media posts sharing a graphic comparing sea ice levels in the Antarctic on the same date 45 years apart misrepresent the data to suggest climate change is a hoax. The graphic, opens new tab ...

A Dec. 26, 2024, Instagram post (direct link, archive link) shows maps of purported Antarctic sea ice extent, or area, from Dec. 24, 1979, and the same day in 2024. Text above the graphic says the ...

That conclusion is based on a chemical analysis of nearly 120 microscopic rocks buried deep underneath Antarctic ice ... which help modern cyanobacteria convert sunlight into oxygen.

Not only might it have the capacity to absorb a lot more carbon than the average cyanobacteria floating in the ocean, but it also sinks rapidly, which means it could also sequester that carbon ...

A new species of Antarctic dragonfish, Akarotaxis gouldae or Banded Dragonfish, has been discovered in waters off the western Antarctic Peninsula by researchers at William & Mary's Virginia ...

A group of international researchers discovered that over 80% of the vegetation discovered thrives in the Antarctic Peninsula and neighboring ... The fungus offers support and shelter, while the algae ...

In the depths of remote Antarctic lakes, tiny communities of ... The outer layers were mainly composed of cyanobacteria, a type of photosynthetic bacteria found in most freshwater ecosystems ...

"There was this gigantic river system": Researchers find ancient lost world deep beneath Antarctic ice ... found a unique molecule commonly found in cyanobacteria that live in freshwater.