World Seaweed Day on June 4 highlights seaweed's importance for marine ecosystems, nutrition, and climate solutions.

But, for a long time scientists missed a step in the ocean’s food web. Scientists didn’t include the organisms that graze on phytoplankton, said Rebecca Smoak, an Oregon State University ...

Last week, that ocean notched its highest temperature since ... This galaxy of organisms makes up the base of the oceanic food web. Phytoplankton are microscopic floating plants that feed on ...

They just float around in the ocean. SOMMER: And when they die ... They're the base of the food chain. So where they are, you'll also find... WOODHOUSE: Tuna, billfish, krill and squid.

“Regardless of the source, this is evidence that DDT compounds are making their way into the deep ocean food web,” said Margaret Stack, an environmental chemist at SDSU and the study’s lead ...

but this old source is still polluting the deep-ocean biota, which is really alarming ... could remobilize and spread by reentering the food web. In a world dominated with concerns over ...

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"Regardless of the source, this is evidence that DDT compounds are making their way into the deep ocean food web," said Margaret Stack, an environmental chemist at SDSU and the study's lead author.