A team of researchers is tapping into the ocean’s vast body of free-floating environmental DNA to catch blooms before they ...

Scientists at the University of Southampton have developed a new way of analyzing fossils, allowing them to see how creatures ...

Foraminifera are among the most widely used biological archives in paleoceanographic and environmental studies. Their calcareous tests preserve a wealth of ...

A striking seasonal phenomenon is unfolding off the southern coast of Sri Lanka, as cold, nutrient-rich waters rise to the ...

Not much attention is paid to plankton because these creatures are usually hidden from sight. They are mostly microscopic in ...

Forest fires have historically been viewed as catastrophic events. Thanks to climate change, forest fires are now a threat ...

As the founder of Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and the Captain Paul Watson Foundation, Watson has long stood at the ...

[email protected] drop of seawater drawn by desalination plants or power stations comes at an invisible cost ...

For thousands of years, writers have come up with increasingly creative ways to describe the “wine-dark sea.” But a new study ...

In a first-of-its-kind study, Stanford researchers have measured how the abundance of ocean life has changed over the past ...

A striking image of a massive bloom of phytoplankton—microscopic plant-like organisms that often float near the surface of the ocean—has been captured from space in the Gulf of Maine. Coccolithophores ...

Clouds play an important role in regulating the climate. Bright ones at low altitudes generally reflect solar energy away, ...