An ocean-dwelling organism called Prochlorococcus plays an important role in photosynthesis. Oceanographer Penny Chisholm explains. Video by Rebecca Jacobson. Additional video courtesy Eric Grabowski, ...

One of the world's most common microbes isn’t immune to the effect of climate change. Prochlorococcus produces vast amounts of oxygen, but rising ocean temperatures are predicted to cause sharp ...

Among the tiniest living things in the ocean are a group of single-celled microbes called Prochlorococcus. They are cyanobacteria, also known as blue-green algae, and they supply nutrients for animals ...

It had been a long day of PowerPoint presentations and charts and graphs. A ­couple of hours earlier, Nathan Ahlgren ‘99 had been downstairs wrapping up his talk, jazzily titled “Changes 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 ...

SEATTLE -- For decades, scientists believed Prochlorococcus, the smallest and most abundant phytoplankton on Earth, would thrive in a warmer world. But new research suggests the microscopic bacterium, ...

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 ...

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 ...