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 ...

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

“Our analysis suggests that the decimation of baleen whale populations from historical whaling could have had larger ...

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 ...

Ocean ecosystems play a critical role in carbon storage and oxygen generation. Some of these ecosystems are under threat; others remain unexplored. Understanding how key players such as whales ...

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 ...

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 ...