In a 2023 study, Pearson and colleagues used foraminifera fossil data to predict the fate of the ocean’s twilight zone, a region roughly 650 feet to 3,250 feet below the surface.

Foraminifera have lived almost everywhere in the ocean for millions of years. Based on their chemical composition, scientists have reconstructed a continuous record of seawater temperature during ...

Tiny marine fossils called foraminifera, or forams, have been instrumental in guiding scientists studying global climate through the ages.The oldest record of their existence, evident through the ...

The global abundance of planktonic foraminifera and their exceptional fossil record from the last 66 million years made them an ideal group for this study. Dr Erin Saupe ...

How is ventilation at various depth layers of the Atlantic connected and what role do changes in ocean circulation play?

UNDER the title “American Old and Middle Tamary Larger Foraminifera and Corals” (Get Soc. Amir., Mem. 9; 1945), Dr. Thomas land Vaughan and Dr. John West Wells have produced a notable ...

Cushman was a pioneer in the use of foraminifera to support oil exploration in North America, developing a classification method that for the first time allowed foraminifera to be used ... crawled on ...

It can identify six types of foram, at a rate of 27 fossils per hour – that may be slow, but unlike a person, the robot can do the job over very long periods of time without getting tired.

Ancient rock deposits, laid down between two massive ice ages, reveal the oldest known fossils for two types of single-celled creatures: Tube-shelled foraminifera and hairy, vase-shape ciliates.