Slat says those early failures helped the nonprofit land on its current, more successful formula. It places contraptions that ...

A 2023 study suggests microplastics may interfere with phytoplankton, microscopic marine organisms that help oceans absorb ...

It took nearly 25 years for biologists to discover that a swimming and glowing organism in the ocean’s midnight zone was ...

The world is full of unusual unicellular organisms and microbes, many of which have not been discovered yet. In 2017, ...

How climate change affects pollutants in the ocean. The ocean is warming, acidifying, and losing oxygen—well-documented ...

Oxygen is essential for living organisms, particularly multicellular life, to metabolize organic matter and energize all life ...

Chromosphaera perkinsii is a single-celled species discovered in 2017 in marine sediments around Hawaii. The first signs of its presence on Earth have been dated at over a billion years, well before ...

Temperatures have become too warm in the southern parts of the Gulf of Maine for kelp forests, a foundation for marine life.

The marine ecosystem is home to a diverse multi-cellular flora, many of which possess a rich array of valuable bioactive ingredients. Seaweeds, seagrass, and other marine plants have been identified ...

Sandy beaches are beloved recreational settings, and they are also one of the world’s most endangered ecosystems. Up to 70% ...

A comprehensive review study has recently investigated the vital connections between marine biodiversity conservation, human ...