Microplastics, plastic particles smaller than 5 millimeters, can be found in land, air, and water, and have infiltrated our food chain, resulting in far-reaching health consequences for humans and ...

An irreversible shift in the chemical makeup of the Arctic Ocean driven by climate change is disrupting the region's food chain, a study suggests. Widespread loss of Arctic sea ice has led to a sharp ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: iStock The Arctic's disappearing sea ice is doing more than reshaping one of the fastest-warming places on Earth.

Biodiversity ecosystem services research just found ocean carbon sequestration is 22 times less studied than terrestrial ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. The ocean is losing its greenness, a new study has found: Global chlorophyll concentration, a proxy for phytoplankton biomass, declined over the ...

Ocean acidification and sea level rise threaten marine ecosystems with habitat loss, species decline, and food chain collapse. Matt Hardy/Pexels ...

Scientists have been aware for some time that whales contribute to marine ecosystems by "recycling" nutrients. However, the exact impact on ocean productivity was unclear and had not been studied ...

Spiny lobster larvae spend six to nine months drifting in the open ocean, feeding within the plankton community, before ...

An irreversible shift in the chemical make-up of the Arctic Ocean driven by climate change is disrupting the region’s food chain, a study suggests. Widespread loss of Arctic sea ice has led to a sharp ...