Coral reefs face many challenges to their survival, together with the worldwide acidification of seawater on account of rising carbon dioxide ranges within the ambiance. A brand new examine exhibits that no less than three Caribbean coral species can survive and develop below situations of ocean acidification extra extreme than ...

One anomaly within the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre ecosystem that has puzzled oceanographers for years: The area's chemistry modifications periodically, affecting the general nutrient composition and its organic productiveness. In a brand new research, researchers doc what induces these variations: modifications within the quantity of iron that's deposited into the ...

New analysis finds ocean exercise might management the energy and depth of summer time monsoons. The outcomes may assist researchers predict how monsoons will change with warming oceans.

Scientists have decided the quantity of human-made CO2 emissions taken up by the ocean between 1994 and 2007.

Chilly waters that sank in polar areas lots of of years in the past throughout the Little Ice Age are nonetheless impacting deep Pacific Ocean temperature tendencies. Whereas the deep Pacific temperature tendencies are small, they signify a considerable amount of power within the Earth system.

Oceanographers have discovered that even slight ranges of ocean oxygen loss, or deoxygenation, have large penalties for tiny marine organisms known as zooplankton.

By combining ocean fashions, animal metabolism and fossil information, researchers present that the Permian mass extinction within the oceans was attributable to world warming that left animals unable to breathe. As temperatures rose and the metabolism of marine animals sped up, the hotter waters couldn't maintain sufficient oxygen for his ...

The navigation system utilized by rodents is just like that utilized by Pacific Islanders find their manner via the open ocean and not using a compass, a group of neuroscientists has discovered.

Every year, fishermen harvest greater than $ 500 million price of Atlantic sea scallops from the waters off the east coast of america. A brand new mannequin, nevertheless, predicts that these fisheries might probably be at risk.

Seagrass meadows may play a restricted, localized function in assuaging ocean acidification in coastal ecosystems, in accordance with new work.