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

If they die, there’ll be fewer big fish—and that could rattle the food chain. marine-plastic-ocean-fish-microplasticThe naturally oily surface slicks in which many ocean fish come of age are ...

Scientists are just beginning to understand the impact these particles are having on fish, the food chain, and ultimately ... the ubiquity of plastics in ocean water samples.

Picture an ocean world so deep and dark it feels like another planet—where creatures glow and life survives under crushing pressure.

Crustaceans and fish transport carbon and nutrients ... the carbon and nutrients in their bodies either becomes part of the food chain or sinks to the ocean floor. Carbon is stored At the bottom ...

Midway Atoll, North Pacific Ocean (CNN ... and are eaten by fish. The fish then get eaten by "apex predators" higher up the food chain -- including humans, or the Hawaiian Monk Seal.

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 ...

And we can see food chains happening underwater too. Algae is eaten by small fish, small fish are eaten by bigger fish, and bigger fish are eaten by sea lions who are then eaten by sharks!