Groundwater input to coral reefs directly affects water chemistry and triggers a cascade of changes in the coastal ecosystem, ...

The sedimentary records showed the team that the largest open ocean dead zones gradually expanded over the past eight million years, said Wang, who was joined on the project by colleagues from the Max ...

Volcanic islands, such as those in Hawaii and the Caribbean, are often fringed by coral reefs – ring-shaped structures that closely follow the shoreline. These reefs aren’t continuous. They contain ...

Long-lived deep-sea corals preserve evidence of a major shift in the open Pacific Ocean ecosystem since around 1850. December 15, 2013 By Tim Stephens. Hawaiian gold coral in the deep ocean. (Photo ...

In the open ocean, sharks’ rough scales make perfect scratching posts for fish to remove parasites. Protecting sharks’ roles Our review makes clear that sharks play diverse roles in ...

Northern elephant seals may hold the key to unlocking the secrets of the open ocean’s twilight zone (~200 – 1,000 meters deep). According to a new study, these deep-diving creatures can help ...

In the open ocean, harmful algal blooms spurred by climate-change-driven sea surface temperatures have helped to block light. The most prominent changes were observed around the poles and the top ...

It finally freed itself in 2020 and started heading to the open ocean this past winter. But a few months into A23a's journey, onlookers were stunned at what they saw: the iceberg spinning in circles.