The marine biome is the world's largest and most diverse, covering 70% of Earth's surface. Learn about its plants, animals, and the threats it faces.

While biomes on land have long been defined by climate, marine biomes have evaded clear categorization. "The oceans are a big black box," Katz said. "Scientists have traditionally seen depth ...

The ratio of nutrient elements in marine subsurface waters is much the same everywhere, even though biogeochemically distinct ocean biomes exist. A modelling study that includes mixing solves this ...

Climate change is one of the most powerful stressors threatening marine biomes. It is hoped that identifying areas of resilience will provide managers valuable decision-making guidance. A survey ...

A biome is an ecosystem or group of ecosystems that can be characterized by its vegetation, plant and animals life, climate, geology, elevation, and rainfall. Biomes are large ecosystem units.

The UN Ocean conference has been heralded a success, with more countries ratifying a key treaty to protect marine life and ...

A major system of ocean currents that ferries heat from the tropics to the North Atlantic could shut down far sooner than expected, per new predictions.

The average global ocean surface temperature hit 20.96 degrees Celsius (69.7 Fahrenheit) at the end of July, according to modern data from the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service ...