Simons Collaboration on Computational Biogeochemical Modeling of Marine Ecosystems
Large diatoms don’t simply appear because upwelling delivers nutrients. New CBIOMES study finds their emergence depends on a precise ecological balance. Continue reading “Modeling the Perfect Moment for a Diatom Takeover”
With warmer ocean temperatures, the composition of marine plankton could shift from protein-rich to carb-heavy, a new study suggests.
Continue reading “Climate change may produce “fast-food” phytoplankton”
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Mattern, Jann Paul, Stephanie Dutkiewicz, Jordyn E. Moscoso, Christopher A. Edwards (2026), Zooplankton grazing and nutrient supply control the emergence of large diatoms in coastal upwelling systems: Insights from a regional ecosystem model, Limnology and Oceanography, doi: 10.1002/lno.70332
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Francesco Mattei, Anna E. Hickman, Julia Uitz, Vincenzo Vellucci, Laurence Garczarek, Frédéric Partensky, Stephanie Dutkiewicz (2026), Phytoplankton With Flexible Pigment Content Disadvantaged by Projected Future Decrease in Variability of the Ocean Light Spectrum, Global Change Biology, doi: 10.1111/gcb.70671
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Ocean’s most abundant photosynthetic microbe likely faces steep decline under future warming, researchers find. Continue reading “Warming May Threaten Ocean Key Oxygen Producer”
Tiny organisms can adapt to changing light, much to our benefit: Enjoy this NASA Storymap inspired by Mattei et al (2025) Continue reading “Am I Blue? Green? Something in Between?”
In a cross-collaboration, multiple Simons Foundation-funded researchers team up to use genetic data and ecosystem modeling to simplify the complexity of marine microbes to improve climate predictions.
Continue reading “New Study Illuminates Invisible Architects of the Ocean’s Carbon Cycle”
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CBIOMES researcher contributes to study demonstrating that pigment diversity in the cyanobacteria Synechococcus has enabled this organism to colonize all light environments. Continue reading “Ocean Chameleons: How phytoplankton adapt to light to conquer the world’s waters”