The vast, sunlit waters of the ocean’s surface, known as the photic zone, nurture 90% of marine life. Sunlight and moonlight ...

All animals and plants are important to their environment, but are some more important than others? Every ecosystem consists ...

Antarctica is the world's great cooling unit. This vital part of Earth's climate system is largely powered by the annual ...

School of Resource and Environmental Management, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada V5A 1S6, and Contaminant Sciences, Institute of Ocean Sciences, Fisheries and Oceans Canada ...

Marine life plays a pivotal role in Earth's carbon cycle. Phytoplankton at the base of the aquatic food web take up carbon ...