the disruption of ocean circulation could lead to the breakdown of deep ocean currents, affecting marine ecosystems worldwide. These changes threaten the stability of ocean life, impacting ...

In the vibrant yet fragile waters of the Gulf of Oman, spectacular phytoplankton blooms – visible even from space – unfold in ...

Stanford scientists found that dramatic climate changes after the Great Dying enabled a few marine species to spread globally ...

Ecosystems in the Southern Ocean, the body of water surrounding Antarctica, are under threat from climate change. The area's inhabitants, from whales to krill to phytoplankton, face changes such ...

Beneath the Pacific Ocean southeast of Hawaii, a hidden treasure trove of polymetallic nodules can be found scattered across ...

food systems and Antarctic ecosystems. Can we stop it weakening by 2050? Flowing clockwise around Antarctica, the Antarctic Circumpolar Current is the strongest ocean current on the planet.

Now, the authors say their model can help researchers better understand ecosystem changes when species are reintroduced to places that are changing and evolving: a constant as the oceans alter due ...

(Alex Ingle/Schmidt Ocean Institute) Esquete and her colleagues have documented a surprisingly lush and diverse marine ecosystem that includes corals, sponges, fish, giant sea spiders, octopuses ...