Kelp is being negatively impacted by climate change. Warming ocean temperatures have led to shorter growing and harvesting seasons, including for sugar kelp, one of the most commonly farmed kelp ...

When Palacio and her team examined coral reefs after the 2015–2016 heat wave, they found that particular corals called ...

Researchers from the Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology (QIBEBT) and the Institute of Oceanology, both ...

The study of the processes by which marine organisms grow and how factors such as temperature, nutrition, microbes, predators, and hormones influence development. (Green fluorescent amphioxus photo by ...

One would think that a volcano was not the most hospitable place for living organisms. However, the Borealis Mud Volcano, at 400 m water depth, acts as a sanctuary for a number of marine species.

The underwater volcano Borealis Mud Volcano is located in the Barents Sea and was first discovered by researchers at UiT The Arctic University of Norway in 2023. The discovery received a lot of ...

In the Wasatch Mountains of the western US on the slopes above a spring-fed lake, there dwells a single giant organism that provides an entire ecosystem on which plants and animals have relied for ...

Many ocean species are already moving out of their historical ranges or declining in population as waters warm above animals’ threshold for adaptation. Both Donald Trump’s record and his promises for ...

Microplastics that have found their way into marine environments worldwide ... broader impacts on the ecosystem or local organisms. Understanding how these particles affect local wildlife, especially ...

In recent years, numerous studies have examined the dangers of marine animals and more specifically, filter-feeding organisms, ingesting non-degradable microplastic particles. In the current study ...