Tracy Quinn, president of Heal the Bay, assessed the damage from the Palisades Fire, noting hazardous ash and debris ...

As crews work to remove potentially hundreds of thousands of tons of hazardous materials from the Los Angeles wildfires, researchers and officials are trying to understand how the fires on land have i ...

ROCKVILLE, MD – Phytoplankton, tiny plant-like organisms in the ocean, are incredibly important for life on Earth. They're a ...

The study, by Mote Marine Laboratory, connects increased harmful algae blooms with the long-term acidification of Florida’s ...

Undersea mountains are key locations for predators—with 41 times more sharks than the open ocean, new research shows.

New research led by the CSIR has uncovered a troubling global trend – a significant decline in ocean productivity over the ...

Just as the human body serves as a habitat for bacteria and other microbes, diverse, tiny organisms known as protists host ...

This biological process produces blooms of algae, which can have both good and bad effects, depending on the type of phytoplankton species involved ... such as the availability of nutrients and ocean ...

The Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) and El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) are the primary climatic modes that profoundly impact physical and biological processes in the Northern Indian Ocean (NIO). IOD- ...

Ash from forest fires can sometimes boost the growth of phytoplankton, the microscopic algae at the base of the marine food web, thanks to the infusion of nutrients from burned plants. No one yet ...