A supplement contextualizes key advances in light microscopy over 400 years ... three year quest to examine how global warming affects plankton and thus, ultimately, global oxygen production.

Image caption, This is one type of plankton viewed through a microscope. In fact, many scientists believe that these tiny plants and animals are amongst the most important in our seas. They may ...

As the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere continues to accelerate, trees, plants and even the ocean’s tiny plankton all convert the gas into oxygen. But scientists say they’re not able to keep ...

There is an extraordinary world, invisible to the naked eye, that governs the life of the ocean and thus the planet: plankton ...

ultra-high-speed cameras and the latest developments in microscopy all allow us to reveal a fresh view of the lives of plants and their incredible beauty Of course, plants don’t act alone.