Levels of lead and other heavy metals spiked in L.A.’s coastal waters after the January fires, raising serious concerns for ...

A study shows how the loss of Great white sharks from False Bay is disrupting the marine food web and threatening ocean ...

is one of the most important marine ecosystems on Earth. The colder waters nurture massive blooms of phytoplankton, microscopic photosynthetic organisms that form the starting point of the food ...

But a warming world is throwing plankton into disarray and threatening the entire marine food chain that is built on them. A year ago, NASA launched a satellite that provided the most detailed ...

How is organic matter transported from productive coastal areas to the open ocean? Researchers have now shown that eddies play a crucial role in this process. The swirling currents contain large ...

It claims as boats break up there is a risk microplastics from the wrecks enter the food chain. The group says ... owners of abandoned vessels. Clean Ocean Sailing Wreck Free Fal is asking people ...

Zooplankton are one of the most diverse and abundant groups of organisms on Earth and they play an essential role in the marine food chain. Unable to photosynthesise, as phytoplankton do ...