Diatoms are one of the most common types of phytoplankton and a major group of algae. They constitute a large percentage of all living matter in oceans, rivers and lakes.

Diatoms the board game draws on this now-extinct tradition, where players will collect diatoms in five shapes and five colors and try to create patterns on their personal boards to match the three ...

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 ...

Andrew Alverson is a biologist and expert on diatoms at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. He contributed this article to Live Science's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. You'll consume ...

Diatoms are unicellular algae with tough exteriors made of silica. These diatoms were found in core samples collected on the Oregon coast. Courtesy of David Bruce/Virginia Tech / OPB.

Diatoms were thought to have grown progressively more abundant from the start of the Cenozoic Era, 66 million years ago, until today, Westacott said. The prevailing view was that the rise of diatoms ...

Dalhousie University researchers analyzed data collected over more than half a century to assess how two types of ...

Scientists have discovered that marine diatoms, tiny phytoplankton abundant in the sea, have an animal-like urea cycle, and that this cycle enables the diatoms to efficiently use carbon and ...

- Diatoms are a unicellular, (pensive music) photosynthetic algae, and they are in all aquatic environments, so freshwater, brackish, and marine. You can find them anywhere where there's water ...

A simple single-celled marine organism, known as a diatom, has an enormous impact on our atmosphere and oceans, and without these chlorophyll- producing organisms classified as phytoplankton, life ...

Diatoms are microalgae found in moist areas and freshwater environments) Today, several new domains have opened for diatomists like deciphering water quality, climate change, targeted drug ...