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

More than one-fifth of the global ocean—an area spanning more than 75 million sq km—has been the subject of ocean darkening ...

Professor Thomas Davies of the University of Plymouth said in a study published in the Global Change Biology journal there is growing concern for the marine ecosystem. Satellite data from NASA's ...

How will global warming impact marine ecosystems? This is a critical question ... However, an ocean layer below the surface called the "twilight zone" (where light is unavailable) can also affect ...

Coastal communities and marine wildlife could benefit from improved monitoring of nutrient pollution in UK waters, according ...

The study is reported in an article published in the journal Marine Environmental Research. The main finding is the upper boundary of the mesophotic zone ... of mesophotic ecosystems in the ...

The dead zone is an area where there is very little ... 1,900 square miles by 2035 to help improve the health of the marine ecosystem. As it stands, the five-year average is now nearly 4,300 ...

Other experts say the new law makes welcome progress in pushing for improved conservation management of marine ecosystems, coastal zones and small islands, including by clarifying authority and ...