Out in the Pacific Ocean, 620 miles off the coast of Ecuador, lies a chain of volcanic islands that harbor some of the most ...

Warming waters are causing the colors of the ocean to change -- a trend that could impact humans if it were to continue, according to new research.

According to a report published in Marine Biology, healthy colonies of a species of a black stony coral (known as ...

The ocean covers over 70 per cent of the Earth’s surface, yet we understand little about its geological structures. Less than 10 per cent of the ocean floor has been adequately mapped — leaving ...

Changing ocean hues could bring some environmental blues, according to a new study from researchers at Duke and Georgia Tech. Using satellite data collected from 2003 to 2022, the researchers ...

Banner image: An endangered Galápagos fur seal. (Credit: Andrew Turner) While most of the world’s oceans are warming due to climate change, a new CU Boulder study explains how the waters around the ...

Ocean warming and human activity have devastated the coastal wildlife of the Galapagos Islands, scientists have warned.

"Strengthening cold ocean current buffers Galápagos Islands from climate change." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 13 October 2022. <www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2022 / 10 / 221013101615.htm>.

Studying sea life shows the need for better protection To strengthen the case for a new protected area, scientists will research sea life in the area, using a method called eDNA testing. This involves ...

The presence of chlorophyll in open ocean is a proxy for concentrations of phytoplankton biomass. The colors indicate how chlorophyll concentration is changing at specific latitudes, in which the ...