A 2003 marine heat wave in the waters around Greenland continues to impact North Atlantic ocean ecosystems decades on, with a ...

A six-year analysis of marine microbes in coastal California waters has overturned long-held assumptions about how the ...

Marine microbes cooperate far more than they compete, reshaping how scientists understand ocean ecosystems and climate ...

Tiny plastic particles drifting through the oceans may be quietly weakening one of Earth’s most powerful climate defenses.

An international team of scientists has developed ways to measure and compare the impact of "darkwaves"—when extreme weather ...

More than a fifth of the global ocean has gradually lost underwater light. But short, intense “marine darkwaves” can be just ...

The High Seas Treaty has entered into force, establishing the first legally binding global framework to protect the ...

Decomposition is essential to all ecosystems, both on land and in the ocean. In marine environments, decomposition and nutrient recycling keep food webs functioning, prevent the buildup of organic ...

Each year, vast blooms of phytoplankton spread across the Southern Ocean, drawing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and ...

A new study shows ocean damage nearly doubles the true cost of carbon pollution and reshapes climate decisions.

Rising Co2 levels in oceans pose threat to ecosystem, sea life worldwide. Aug. 22, 2008— -- Under the vast, trackless surface of the ocean, scientists have discovered a monster of a problem, ...

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