The University of Washington conducted a study that offers more support to this claim, arguing that whale excrement holds ...

Zooplankton are one of the most diverse and abundant groups of organisms on Earth and they play an essential role in the marine food chain ... can sink into the deep ocean, thus transporting ...

Tracy Quinn, president of Heal the Bay, assessed the damage from the Palisades Fire, noting hazardous ash and debris ...

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

Plastic waste harms marine animals, disrupting ecosystems and food chains that humans depend on. Plastics release harmful ...

Climate change is depleting vital ocean nutrients, disrupting marine ecosystems, and threatening food webs, a new study finds ...

Computer models reveal how human-driven climate change will dramatically overhaul critical nutrient cycles in the ocean ... a key role in the health of marine food webs -- in southern hemisphere ...

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 ...

Once the plastic is in the ocean, it decomposes very slowly, breaking into tiny pieces known as microplastics, which can enter the marine food chain and become incredibly damaging to sea life. The ...

But how has fishing changed and does this affect the food chain? The decrease of ocean life is being caused by overfishing. This means that we are taking too many fish, lobsters and other marine ...