As experts and businesses look for ways to rid the Earth's atmosphere of CO₂, they're trying to increase the ocean's capacity ...

The vast, sunlit waters of the ocean’s surface, known as the photic zone, nurture 90% of marine life. Sunlight and moonlight ...

A lot can change in a year for Earth's forests and vegetation, as springtime and rainy seasons can bring new growth, while ...

Several key moments in Earth's history help us humans answer the question "How did we get here?" These moments also shed ...

The only logical source for that oxygen is the earliest known example of photosynthesis by living organisms, say geoscientists. A new study shows that iron-bearing rocks that formed at the ocean ...

Warming of the upper ocean may stimulate plankton metabolism, enhancing photosynthesis. This effect has received little attention, but new research suggests that it could be important enough to ...

making photosynthesis impossible. Instead, the oxygen originates from natural mineral deposits on the ocean floor that act as weak batteries capable of producing enough voltage to split seawater i ...

The study shows that photosynthesis in the ocean is possible under much lower light conditions, and can therefore take place at much greater depths, than previously assumed. Photosynthesis can ...

The microscopic marine organisms, which serve as an important food source in the ocean, use photosynthesis to turn sunlight into cellular fuel. But nearly twice as much of the sunlight energy ...

A long-standing puzzle in ocean photosynthesis was why phytoplankton failed to grow fast in parts of the Pacific Ocean; after all, the microscopic plants have access to plenty of carbon dioxide ...

A new way of producing oxygen has been discovered in microbes that live in the darkest depths of the ocean. Most oxygen on Earth is produced via photosynthesis, which requires light. But Don ...

Researchers scouring the lightless landscape of the Pacific Ocean floor think they've observed ... it was thought that oxygen was created only through photosynthesis, a process that requires ...