Levels of lead and other heavy metals spiked in L.A.’s coastal waters after the January fires, raising serious concerns for ...

A study shows how the loss of Great white sharks from False Bay is disrupting the marine food web and threatening ocean ...

How is organic matter transported from productive coastal areas to the open ocean? Researchers have now shown that eddies play a crucial role in this process. The swirling currents contain large ...

“Our analysis suggests that the decimation of baleen whale populations from historical whaling could have had larger biogeochemical implications for the Southern Ocean, an area crucially ...

A food chain shows how animals obtain their food ... recorded food chain involves over thirty organisms found in the deep ocean. Human activities like deforestation, pollution, and overfishing ...

Sea Otters: Effects of ocean acidification will be felt up the food chain. Marine mammals like sea otters that rely on shellfish may be in trouble. Studies show that, if left unchecked, within our ...

Plastic doesn't biodegrade and so it enters the food chain. The artist wanted to show ... made out of plastic rubbish collected from the ocean. The plastic is connected to underwater sensors ...

If they die, there’ll be fewer big fish—and that could rattle the food chain. marine-plastic-ocean-fish-microplasticThe naturally oily surface slicks in which many ocean fish come of age are ...

A frightening phenomenon that's making seawater more acidic, spelling disaster for many marine animals, from plankton and coral up the food chain to sea stars ... Sign our petition to help protect ...

Phytoplankton form the foundation of the marine food chain, and climate change is shaking ... An image from PACE’s Ocean Color Instrument showing a type of phytoplankton called Synechococcus ...