by Sigurður Björnsson | Dec 30, 2025 | News
For decades, models and culture experiments hinted that the ocean’s most abundant photosynthetic microbe—Prochlorococcus—would hold its own in a warming ocean. New work in Nature Microbiology paints a sharper picture: by fusing shipboard observations with...
by Sigurður Björnsson | Dec 30, 2025
The 2026 Gordon Research Conference on Marine Natural Products will bring together a broad range of researchers at all career stages from academia, government and industry to discuss new frontiers and emerging strategies for investigation and application of complex...
by Sigurður Björnsson | Nov 27, 2025 | News
In our latest Marine Microbiome Newsletter (November 2025 edition), we have highlighted critical updates and, following COP30, make the case for bringing marine microbiome decisions into climate decisions: warming impacts on Prochlorococcus, acidification thresholds,...
by Sigurður Björnsson | Sep 25, 2025 | News, Uncategorized, WMP
The Ocean Microbiome on a Changing Planet The new editorial by Ramiro Logares, “The ocean microbiome on a changing planet” (July 2025) sets the stage for Ocean Microbiology – an open-access journal devoted to advancing our understanding of marine and aquatic...
by Sigurður Björnsson | Sep 25, 2025 | News, WMP
For decades, scientists believed that Prochlorococcus – the ocean’s tiniest but most abundant photosynthetic organism – would thrive in a warmer world. This microbe, no bigger than a micron across, drives a massive share of the planet’s oxygen production...
