Levels of lead and other heavy metals spiked in L.A.’s coastal waters after the January fires, raising serious concerns for ...

Zooplankton seen under a microscope at the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences in East Boothbay ... and threatening the entire marine food chain that is built on them. A year ago, NASA launched ...

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 frightening phenomenon that's making seawater more acidic, spelling disaster for many marine animals, from plankton and coral up the food chain to sea stars ... with ripple effects throughout the ...

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

Sustainable fisheries target plentiful species, including those smaller and lower on the food chain, because they can reproduce quickly to sustain their populations. They also mandate ...

Pteropods are tiny snails that are found throughout the oceans and are an important link in the marine food web. They’re gobbled ... Sea Otters: Effects of ocean acidification will be felt up the food ...

Plastic Reflectic is an art installation made out of plastic rubbish collected from the ocean. The plastic is ... t biodegrade and so it enters the food chain. The artist wanted to show how ...

Every animal and plant needs food ... chains usually start with a plant and finish with a big hungry animal… The longest recorded food chain involves over thirty organisms found in the deep ocean.

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