Unlike manatees, their close relatives, dugongs are more strictly marine, preferring waters a few metres deep. They are found ...

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

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 ...

A robotic fleet in the Labrador Sea is tracking sinking carbon to reveal how the deep ocean helps regulate Earth’s climate.

Florida's mangrove forests can quickly recover carbon lost to hurricanes - offering an answer for coastal resilience in a ...

A new factor, γ CO2, can effectively measure ocean absorption capacity for carbon dioxide and acidification as ocean acidification intensifies, according to calculations using global temperature ...

Widespread ocean pollution threatens the health of more than 3 billion people, international study led by Boston College researchers shows Ocean pollution is widespread and getting worse, and when ...

energy dissipation, marine biology, ecology, biogeochemical cycles, water mass formation and movement, ocean temperature and salinity, and marine carbon and carbonate chemistry.