Undersea mountains are key locations for predators—with 41 times more sharks than the open ocean, new research shows.

The team analyzed whale poop for iron, known to be especially limited in the Southern Ocean, as well as copper.

Under-sea mountains are key locations for predators – with 41 times more sharks than the open ocean, new research shows .The study – led by the ...

Researchers have designed an alternative, autonomous observational method to monitor the Arctic’s melting ice, which holds ...

At the base of the food chain, however, are phytoplankton and other microscopic marine organisms. These organisms are food for krill and fish that in turn supply larger animals with prey. Researchers ...

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New research led by the CSIR has uncovered a troubling global trend – a significant decline in ocean productivity over the ...

Just as the human body serves as a habitat for bacteria and other microbes, diverse, tiny organisms known as protists host ...

Scientists track Antarctic krill via satellite to monitor ocean health amid climate change and fishing threats.

In new research published this week, a team led by Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) scientists reveals that symbiotic bacteria often accompany single-celled protists in the ocean’s upper layer. Some ...

Ocean sciences span the physics, chemistry, and biology of marine systems. The field encompasses ocean circulation, energy dissipation, marine biology, ecology, biogeochemical cycles, water mass ...

There is also a clear need to understand how the intensification and/or expansion of hypoxia will affect ocean food webs and biogeochemical cycles. Building a predictive understanding of ocean ...