In the last decade, report after report has warned that the Arctic is heating up faster than ever, cities are scorching, the ...

“These are not new issues, and evidence of worrying signs in the state of our ocean have been reported in all marine ecosystems. Critical to the success of action is recognition of the feedbacks ...

A new study by Ruhr University aquatic biologists shows that freshwater acidification may be catching up -- and even surpassing -- ocean acidification in a race that may harm essential parts of ...

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 ...

When sea ice forms later, the communities of tiny algae that live within it change too. Detecting these early signals now ...

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

Ocean darkening is rapidly spreading, squeezing marine life closer to the surface and altering ecosystems worldwide.

Vast stretches of the world's oceans have grown noticeably darker over the past two decades, a shift scientists warn could ...

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

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

"But our results provide evidence that such changes cause widespread darkening that reduces the amount of ocean available for ...

More than 20 percent of the world’s oceans have darkened in the last two decades, posing a threat to marine life and ...