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

Almost all life in the ocean depends on the upper waters where sunlight filters in, known as the photic zone – but new ...

Over 20% of the global ocean has darkened in the past two decades, shrinking critical light zones that support marine life.

Scientists, who have spent more than a decade examining the impact of artificial light at night on the world's coasts and oceans, have shown that more than one-fifth of the global ocean -- an area ...

Researchers say more than a fifth of the planet’s ocean — which makes up 70 percent of the surface of the Earth — has been ...

Experts used satellite imaging and computer models to study how light penetrates the ocean. They focused on the photic zone — ...

To survive the deep ocean, sea creatures need all kinds of adaptations that give them alien-like appearances, like huge eyes ...

The photic zone, where sunlight penetrates and sea creatures survive, is considerably shallower in most places now.

"If the photic zone is reducing by around 50 m in large swathes of the ocean, animals that need light will be forced closer to the surface where they will have to compete for food and the other ...

A study conducted by researchers from the University of Plymouth and Plymouth Marine Laboratory, who have spent more than a ...

Proponents of modifying the ocean to battle climate change have rising hopes for their biomass sinking plans, but critics ...

A mysterious shadow is creeping across our oceans, transforming vast stretches into dim, sunless realms. What does this mean ...