Fresh insight into the mechanisms underlying the global impact of diatoms came from the availability of the roughly 34 megabases (Mb) of DNA sequence for the nuclear, plastid and mitochondrial genomes ...

Diatoms are the most important producers of plant biomass in the ocean and help to transport carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere into the deep ocean and thus regulate our climate. Because diatoms ...

Diatoms – unicellular organisms – have long been known to science, but their overwhelming appetite for nitrate is a new discovery made in a global survey. Diatoms -- unicellular organisms -- have long ...

Diatoms — tiny phytoplankton that are responsible for a fifth of all energy converted into matter by plants — may have become important much earlier in the development of Earth’s ocean ecosystems and ...

Ocean acidification doesn’t just erode calcium carbonate shells. It can also slow the rate at which tiny algae called diatoms build their beautiful, intricate silica cell walls. Thinner walls mean ...

Ever heard of forensic limnology? Neither had I, until I had a random conversation during a coffee break. The police find a body in the water. How did it get there? How did this person actually die?

May 3 (UPI) --The world's smallest plants, single-cell organisms called diatoms, provide exceptional carbon capture services, according to researchers. According to a new study, published Monday in ...

We've all seen tiny boats inside tiny glass bottles, and miniature sculptures the size of a pinhead. But what about when art gets down to a cellular scale? The art of arranging microscopic algae-type ...

Since seeing his first diatom arrangement—an intricate pattern of algae crafted by German microscopist J.D. Möller—Matthew Killip has been enthralled with the Victorian art form. "I love seeing the ...