Irvine researchers report evidence that marine nutrient cycles—essential for sustaining ocean ecosystems—are changing in unexpected ways as the planet continues to warm. "Model studies have ...

Sea life on the seafloor of New Zealand's most productive and important commercial fishing ground shows resilience to disturbance, according to a new study published in the New Zealand Journal of ...

Algae blooms prevent sunlight reaching other plants. The plants begin to die. Excessive nutrients (nitrates) from fertilisers are flushed from the land into rivers by rainwater. Oxygen levels ...