Sea otters take a bite out of invasive green crabs in Elkhorn Slough
When an invasive species of crab was threatening an entire ecosystem in Monterey County's Elkhorn Slough, an unexpected hero stepped in to save the day.
Deep-Sea Creatures Are Crafting Their Own Worlds Beneath the Ocean Floor, Study Finds
Organisms in the deep sea rely on gravity flows to lay down sediment and then make burrows beneath the seafloor, according to a new study.
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Can Whale Poop Really Fertilize the Ocean? What Do you Think?
It may sound strange, but whale excrement plays a critical role in fertilizing the ocean! Packed with iron and essential ...
Understanding of marine ecosystems is alarmingly low. Here's why ocean literacy matters
Understanding the relationship between humans and the ocean is crucial for making informed and effective decisions that will ...
Autonomous robots track plankton in the Arctic Ocean
It's spring, the sun is shining and something is about to happen with the plankton in the cold waters of the Arctic Ocean.
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Strange corkscrew burrows and other unexpected structures discovered 4.7 miles deep in the Japan Trench
New scans of the bottom of the Japan Trench reveal extensive burrow structures and evidence of regular "reset" events that ...
Mobulas, an Aquatic Wonder of the Gulf of California, Are Disappearing
Conservationists are determined to protect the magnificent rays of the Pacific—whether that’s tracking them with acoustic ...
Mail & Guardian17h
Climate models underestimate global phytoplankton decline, study warns
A CSIR study analysing 26 years of satellite data reveals how ocean warming is significantly reducing ocean productivity ...
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Earth’s oceans may have been green for billions of years
Some cyanobacteria have pigments that specialise in harvesting green light to power their photosynthesis, which may be an evolutionary adaptation to a time when the oceans were iron-rich and green-tin ...