The four billion tons of marine organisms that global fisheries extracted from the ocean between 1960 and 2018 resulted in ...

Industrial fishing removes large amounts of nutrients like carbon and phosphorus. This disrupts marine food webs.

Imagine an underwater world where tiny creatures hold the fate of the planet’s carbon cycles in their delicate fins. Beneath ...

At Scripps Institution of Oceanography, marine biogeochemist Amina Schartup is investigating the impact of changing ocean ...

Scientists found "a beautiful, thriving ecosystem" in a dark and isolated location: The former shadow of a glacier.

The tiny ice inhabitants darken the glacier's surface, which can accelerate its melting. Glaciers are massive bodies of white ...

Levels of lead and other heavy metals spiked in L.A.’s coastal waters after the January fires, raising serious concerns for the long-term health of the marine food chain.

A new DNA probes allow for efficient surveying of the hidden lives of squids and octopuses in the deep sea. This development ...

The Chicxulub asteroid crater supported marine life for 700,000 years, showing that some mass extinction events may help life ...