Eutrophication is a leading cause of impairment of many freshwater and coastal marine ecosystems in the world. Why should we worry about eutrophication and how is this problem managed ...

Mesoscale eddies (those 50–100 kilometres across) are commonplace in the ocean, and transport most of the ocean’s kinetic energy in a horizontal direction. Smaller, submesoscale surface ...

Focus: investigating the potential impacts of marine environmental change and eutrophication on bryozoans We are investigating the potential impacts of ocean acidification and eutrophication on ...

Nitrogen is a major nutrient supporting the growth of phytoplankton, which are small algae responsible for the vast portion of carbon fixation and oxygen production in the ocean. However, a surplus of ...

A Canadian robot uncovered Phytoplankton. What is Phytoplankton? The NOAA defines them as plants similar to "terrestrial pl ...

As the Ocean Conservancy itself admits ... Cotton and paper bags are also the worst when it comes to creating “eutrophication” – runoff of nitrogen into water that can lead to oxygen ...