The devastating fires in Los Angeles have numerous secondary effects as scientists are finding out now off the coast of Southern California. Researchers from UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of ...

A diverse collection of soft bodied fossils discovered in a quarry in southern China, dating to around 512 million years ago, is described this week in Nature. The so-called Huayuan biota contains 153 ...

The Constitutional Court of Ecuador ruled that coastal marine ecosystems have legal rights that must be protected, potentially requiring stricter limits on human activities like industrial fishing.

The dynamic interrelationships within marine ecosystems are increasingly being understood through the study of protozoan communities, which serve as vital components in the aquatic food web. These ...

A new review study examines the current research regarding the risks that various geoengineering approaches pose to marine ecosystems. The study looked particularly at a range of marine carbon dioxide ...

What can fossil records teach scientists about ancient ecosystems and marine environments? This is what a recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences hopes to address ...

In the face of increased human pressures and climate change, a team of scientists have launched a new online tool to assist marine managers and restoration experts to bolster the resilience of marine ...

The compilation of academic studies provides a timely examination of new tools, collaborations, and discoveries that have ...

Archaeologists have uncovered evidence for repeated prehistoric occupation in the remote island cluster of Kitsissut, north of Greenland, indicating the first people in the High Arctic were skilled ...

A marine biologist says the impacts of Wellington's sewage overflow on a nearby marine reserve is depressing to witness. About 70 million litres of untreated waste is now being pumped 1.8 kilometres ...