A team of researchers is tapping into the ocean’s vast body of free-floating environmental DNA to catch blooms before they ...

Not much attention is paid to plankton because these creatures are usually hidden from sight. They are mostly microscopic in size and live in aquatic environments, but human lives are intricately ...

Stanford study shows ocean biomass has risen over 540 million years, linking biodiversity to long-term ecosystem health.

Forest fires have historically been viewed as catastrophic events. Thanks to climate change, forest fires are now a threat ...

Zooplankton like copepods aren’t just fish food—they’re carbon-hauling powerhouses. By diving deep into the ocean each winter ...

For thousands of years, writers have come up with increasingly creative ways to describe the “wine-dark sea.” But a new study ...

Blooms of coccolithophores can also be beneficial for the local environment. For example, their calcium carbonate scales can ...

Clouds play an important role in regulating the climate. Bright ones at low altitudes generally reflect solar energy away, ...

NASA’s satellites have been photographing the open ocean. Three oceanographers from Duke used this data to examine how the ...

A new study from Duke showed oceans are getting greener at the poles and bluer in the subtropical regions, like off the SC ...

The ocean contains a complex food web–the network of interactions among predators and prey that maintain healthy ecosystems .

Scientists say going through with proposed ocean climate fixes could actually make things worse by lowering ocean oxygen ...