Scientists have discovered that changes in climate and water levels are reducing the ability of some ecosystems in the ...

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

What can the pH level of the subsurface ocean on Enceladus tell us about finding life there? This is what a recent study ...

Nutrient inputs may have decreased, yet oxygen depletion stays at about the same level. This is partly determined by the geographic specificities of the Baltic Sea, including the very slow turnover of ...

Leopard seals have long been thought of as "generalist" predators, feeding on both penguins and other seal species as well as ...

NASA’s satellites have been photographing the open ocean. Three oceanographers from Duke used this data to examine how the ...

The surprise lay in how the sea level reached that peak. The record shows three bursts of rapid rise, each followed by a drop, over just 6,000 years. “That says there’s potential for this very rapid, ...

Red represents surface ocean areas where the 20 percent boundary has been crossed, while green shows where it has not. (Findlay et al., Global Change Biology , 2025) While ocean acidification is not ...

Science The World’s Oceans Are a ‘Ticking Time Bomb,’ Reaching Dangerous Acidification Levels Earlier Than Scientists Thought Ocean acidification has crossed “planetary boundaries” in ...

The Maldives, a dream destination in the Indian Ocean that's popular with tourists from around the world, is threatened by rising sea levels – a direct consequence of climate change.

Ocean acidification crosses “planetary boundaries” ... carbonate—which allows marine organisms to develop shells—is less than 20 percent compared to pre-industrial levels.