According to Nature Communications (2019), seaweed absorbs carbon dioxide, helping mitigate climate change by storing carbon ...

A student research team at the Alabama School of Mathematics and Science has received a highly competitive grant from ...

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 ...

Mesoscale eddies, oceanic gyres about 100 kilometers in diameter, are ubiquitous features of the global ocean and play a ...

The Saya de Malha Bank is one of the world’s largest seagrass fields and the planet’s most important carbon sinks. It faces incalculable risks that threaten the future of humanity.

In recent years, the conversation around climate change has intensified, and for good reason. One driving factor in this ...

The hydrological cycle is speeding up as global temperatures get hotter, primarily due to the burning of fossil fuels like ...

There is clear evidence that technological change will be insufficient to meet UK and global climate goals on its own, leaving a vital role for consumer and business behaviour change. Indeed, most ...

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Enhanced weathering of basalt (EW) removes CO2 chemically, and biotically by enhancing ecosystem growth through phosphorus release. This study shows that leveraging the biotic process can triple ...

Widespread ocean pollution threatens the health of more than 3 billion people, international study led by Boston College researchers shows Ocean pollution is widespread and getting worse, and when ...

Recovery is possible, but mortality can occur if the thermal stress is too severe or prolonged ocean acidification places further stress on corals. Five mass coral bleaching events have occurred on ...