Tiny poops are supposed to sink to the seafloor, locking away carbon. But scientists have found that warm spells are ...

A new study from researchers at MBARI and the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science ...

New research shows that marine heat waves can reshape ocean food webs, which in turn can slow the transport of carbon to the ...

A recent study has made microscopic fossils messengers from a warmer world, showing that the tropical Pacific Ocean could be ...

Seafoam forms when ocean waves churn up dissolved organic matter, creating bubbles that cluster into frothy, often harmless ...

"Our research found that these two major marine heatwaves altered plankton communities and disrupted the ocean's biological ...

The world's oceans are bearing the brunt of a triple environmental crisis, according to the European Union's Earth monitors: global warming, pollution and declining biodiversity. The EU Copernicus ...

Whales fertilize the ocean with vital nutrients; their excrement stimulates phytoplankton, oxygen, and carbon capture in ...

Climate change poses a major threat to the organisms such as plankton that form the base of the marine food web. A team of ...

When hurricanes pass over the ocean they churn up creatures from the deep – a chance to feast for predators brave enough to ...

When hurricanes pass over the ocean they churn up creatures from the deep – a chance to feast for predators brave enough to ...

Vibrio vulnificus, a bacterium that is potentially very dangerous to humans, is a natural component of marine plankton. The ...