With a global average pH of 8.1 ocean water is slightly alkaline. But the good news is that our bodies can handle it – ...

Six high school students at the Alabama School of Math and Science are taking science to the sea. They are students from all ...

Researchers have been exploring ocean alkalinity enhancement for the last five years. It's a way to remove carbon from our ...

Princeton University and Xiamen University researchers report that in tropical and subtropical oligotrophic waters, ocean ...

Scientists abroad who work with NOAA are sounding the alarm about the cuts and firings. Jean-Pierre Gattuso, an oceanographer ...

The impact of hurricanes when they travel over land, or when they affect ships or oil-drilling platforms, are quite well ...

Ocean acidification strips seawater of the materials that marine animals — such as corals, plankton and shellfish — use to build their shells and skeletons. This can stunt growth or cause deformations ...

Hurricanes move massive amounts of sediment from shallow reefs to deep oceans, affecting ecosystems long-term.

In 2006, by the time the scientist Sarah Cooley finished graduate school in marine science, oyster larvae in the Pacific ...

What is the 'other carbon dioxide problem'? How are humans driving changes in the chemistry of the ocean, and what might this mean for marine ecosystems in the future?

Ocean acidification is mainly caused by carbon dioxide gas in the atmosphere dissolving into the ocean. This leads to a lowering of the water's pH, making the ocean more acidic. Carbon dioxide is ...