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

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

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

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

Blooms of coccolithophores can also be beneficial for the local environment. For example, their calcium carbonate scales can act as a natural buffer, "dissolving under certain conditions and helping ...

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

Researchers using a new drone say they have observed killer whales finding and modifying stalks of kelp to preen each other.

A new study from Duke showed oceans are getting greener at the poles and bluer in the subtropical regions, like off the SC ...

Something wonderful is happening in the geology department at Cal Poly Humboldt right now. Ten undergraduate students from ...

A global ocean color shift is underway, with greener waters near the poles and bluer seas in the tropics, impacting many ...

Most coral reefs do not thrive in nutrient-poor “marine deserts” as once believed, but instead flourish in nutrient-rich ...

As Earth's largest carbon reservoir, the ocean locks carbon away from the atmosphere. However, scientists still struggle to ...