Cement manufacture is a huge carbon emitter. A by-product of splitting seawater might make the process more environmentally friendly.

A pair of marine scientists at the University of Antwerp, in Belgium, working with a colleague from the University of Otago, ...

In mid-January, a team of scientists were sailing aboard a research vessel in frigid Antarctic waters. They planned to investigate an unexplored section of the Bellingshausen Sea and the creatures ...

Biodegradable plastics, such as polylactic acid (PLA), were introduced as an alternative. However, PLA takes too long to ...

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.

Dozens of companies and academic groups are pitching the same theory: that sinking rocks, nutrients, crop waste or seaweed in ...

It’s super-cool, and changes how we think about ecosystems in the ocean. We don't think of animals other than humans having an impact on a planetary scale, but the whales really do.” ...

In the ocean, nutrients often determine how productive an ecosystem can be and, therefore, how much life it can support. Many tropical and subtropical areas where whales give birth lack essential ...

There’s a nutrient “highway” in the oceans that supports ecosystems through a delicate balance of inputs and outputs. Without a steady influx, marine food webs struggle — algae grow more ...

Whales transport vital nutrients from urine, placentas, carcasses and sloughing skin across oceans that help to keep marine ecosystems healthy, a study has revealed. Researchers found that these ...

Now, the authors say their model can help researchers better understand ecosystem changes when species are reintroduced to places that are changing and evolving: a constant as the oceans alter due ...

(Humpback whale mother and calf.) Credit: Martin van Aswegen, NOAA permit 21476 Whales do more than just swim the seas—they power the ocean’s ecosystem. By transporting nutrients from deep waters to ...