Ocean ecosystems play a critical role in carbon ... seagrasses and other forms of sea life interact sheds light on Earth’s carbon cycle. Carbon, a chemical element, is found in all organic ...

In the race to combat global climate change, much attention has been given to natural 'carbon sinks:' those primarily terrestrial areas of the globe that absorb and sequester more carbon than they ...

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It will use changes in the degree of red coloration detected by satellites to track its quarry: a tiny shrimp smaller than ...

A new study reveals a troubling decline in ocean productivity, posing serious threats to fisheries and the planet’s climate ...

Of 15 global Earth system models of how climate change will impact oceans, those that project a future decline in primary ...

The ocean's twilight zone lies between 200 and 1,000 meters below the surface, where light starts to fade but is not ...

But as our ocean warms, this zooplankton community ... steps to mitigate the impacts of global warming on the marine carbon cycle and food webs. Receive a weekly dose of discovery in your inbox!

"Because of a lack of observational data, carbon export models rely on the assumption that an average of 50% of a zooplankton population, such as krill, migrate to the deep ocean every day," she said.

A carbon removal startup backed by some of the world’s largest energy producers began operating a seawater-filtering facility Thursday designed to remove up to 1,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide per ...

Ocean acidification also affects freshwater ... Alexander Schimmeck/Unsplash Earth's carbon cycle is different than that of Venus or Mars, although they may have been similar in the earlier ...