New clues from ancient seas are reshaping what we know about mass extinction and the future of our oceans. In a recent ...

Researchers are investigating whether tiny lanternfish play an outsized role in controlling fish life cycles and carbon ...

While the ocean carbon cycle is well documented, direct observations of carbon flux on land are difficult to obtain and are influenced by numerous factors. ... But the price paid is a warmer ocean and ...

The discovery of a forgotten metabolic pathway adds a new dimension to the global carbon cycle Date: November 13, 2019 Source: ... As we know today, too much CO 2 influences life in the ocean.

Now, a team of marine scientists has examined life cycles, abundance, and seasonal variability of shelled sea butterflies in the north-east Scotia Sea, ...

Sparkling ocean 'glows up' each summer: Why bioluminescence occurs and where to see it Phytoplankton, known as the “grass of the sea,” are the first link in the ocean food chain and fuel ocean ...

Microbe Has Huge Role In Ocean Life, Carbon Cycle. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 4, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2005 / 08 / 050819094835.htm. Oregon State University.

Warm sea surface temperatures slowed the nitrogen cycle in Earth’s oceans and delayed the recovery of life following the Permian extinction, researchers propose.

The climate crisis poses a threat to the rich biodiversity of life that exists in the ocean’s twilight zone, which exists just beyond the reach of sunlight. Life in this region could be reduced ...

In this Science of Weather segment, Meteorologist Kylee Miller went to Sea Life Michigan and talked with experts about the importance about different light and temperature cycles of the freshwater ...