This planet has a problem with plastic. Not just the big masses of it accumulating in the Pacific, but with the tiny bits that are blowing into pristine mountaintop habitats. The flecks showing up in ...

Prochlorococcus are the smallest and most abundant photosynthesizing organisms on the planet. A single Prochlorococcus cell is dwarfed by a human red blood cell, yet globally the microbes number in ...

Temperature-dependent responses in Prochlorococcus populations show populations plummet as temperatures rise. (Nature Microbiology via Courthouse News) (CN) — In the vast, sun-drenched expanses of ...

Prochlorococcus is a type of a cyanobacterium, a microbe that meets its energy needs through photosynthesis. It is estimated to be responsible for 5% of all photosynthesis occurring around the world, ...

The lines on the map are cruise tracks, overlaying temperature. The water in yellow areas hovers around 86 degrees while the temperature at the poles is closer to 32. Researchers cataloged ...

From the tropics to the poles, from the sea surface to hundreds of feet below, the world's oceans are teeming with one of the tiniest of organisms: a type of bacteria called Prochlorococcus, which ...

Where the microbe Prochlorococcus lives is not determined primarily by temperature, as previously thought. A study finds a relationship with a shared predator actually sets the microbe's range. The ...