This study focused on exploring the distribution patterns, driving factors and microbial interaction patterns of methane-metabolizing microorganisms ...

As one of the most rapidly accumulating sedimentary regions globally, the Yellow River Delta is characterized by the rapid deposition of sediment near ...

Women seaweed farmers in Kikungwi, Unguja, Zanzibar, are struggling with the growing challenges of climate change and plastic ...

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

Sea ice plays many important roles for the global climate: Its white surface can reflect energy back into space, helping the ...

The riverway changing of the Yellow River Delta records the complex process of interaction between the Yellow River and the sea, and also ... investigated the inter-trophic relationships between ...

Mesoscale ocean eddies transport nutrients and energy-rich lipids, helping sustain marine ecosystems far from coasts.

A pair of marine scientists at the University of Antwerp, in Belgium, working with a colleague from the University of Otago, ...

The researchers studied tissue from over 120 fish. They found that 50 to 60 percent of their diet came from ocean’s twilight ...

A new study analyzes the evolutionary history of 11 deep-sea species from environments stretching from the central Indian ...

BUT THE ICE IS MELTING. FAST. THE GREENLAND ICE CAP IS NOW THE THE LARGEST CONTRIBUTOR TO GLOBAL SEA LEVEL RISE. IT’S OUTSTRIPPED THE GENERAL WARMING OF THE OCEAN, AND IT’S CONTRIBUTING MORE ...

In the vibrant yet fragile waters of the Gulf of Oman, spectacular phytoplankton blooms – visible even from space – unfold in ...