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You can’t see most of them, but microplastics have permeated the environment. A major source of the tiny plastic molecules...
Just as the trees support life on land, kelp forests are vital to the ocean ecosystem. But both spheres of the Earth are suffering from deforestation....
Cutting through the water with a grace and agility that makes them the apex predators of their ecosystems, the seemingly effortless way sharks move is made...
When a ship sinks to the ocean’s bottom, it’s not the end of the boat’s story. Abandoned shipwrecks turn into artificial reefs, populated by marine wildlife...
Owen Pluorde was passing through his living room when he heard an acronym on the TV that sounded like something you’d find in a kitchen: CRISPR....
The ocean is incomprehensibly vast, spanning most of the planet. To examine the effect of the five ocean basins on the climate, however, researchers had to...
Among the goals of NOAA’S blue hole research is determining whether the Amberjack Hole should become a protected area. In a new mission, the National Oceanic...
Venn-Watson and colleagues identified four biomarkers in dolphin blood that help to measure the rate of aging: “Based on these indices, we were able to confirm...
“This contributes to the variability that we see every year.” Bigger patterns — This year’s dead zone was only slightly larger than the target set by...
Transatlantic voyage — Beyond connecting these moments in crocodile evolution, the new finding suggests a geographical bridge: At some point, crocodiles like C. checchiai figured out...