Circular ocean currents, called “eddies,” play an important role in supplying nutrients for marine life and can stimulate ...

One day my marine biology professor had us all read a paper proposing the idea of fertilizing the ocean using iron to create phytoplankton blooms to absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to combat ...

As research over the past several decades has shown, whales play a critical role in bolstering ocean ecosystems. Many whale ...

Plankton are also adapted to their environments, and are very sensitive to changes in their conditions, such as differences ...

Rising ocean heatwaves disrupt marine ecosystems, threatening phytoplankton blooms, food chains, and carbon storage.

The image of the Arctic typically doesn't involve much green, so when researchers found green patches beneath the ice, they ...

The “red tide” is also known as a phytoplankton bloom, occurring when a species of the organism known as dinoflagellates reproduce rapidly in warmer and calmer waters. Typically occurring ...

A study on how climate change affects our oceans reveals that tiny changes in the food chain can have massive impacts on fish ...

Beyond colorful coral reefs and diverse nearshore ecosystems, the Pacific Ocean waters surrounding the Hawaiian Islands have ...

Oceanographers showed that eddies on the leeward side of the Hawaiian Islands can supply nutrients, not only locally, but also to the opposite side of the island chain and stimulate blooms of ...

While the majestic mammals may be far fewer than they once were, their poop plays a crucial role in maintaining marine ...