Levels of lead and other heavy metals spiked in L.A.’s coastal waters after the January fires, raising serious concerns for the long-term health of the marine food chain.

The four billion tons of marine organisms that global fisheries extracted from the ocean between 1960 and 2018 resulted in ...

How is organic matter transported from productive coastal areas to the open ocean? Researchers have now ... which play a key role in marine food webs and the carbon cycle. How is organic matter ...

Pteropods are tiny snails that are found throughout the oceans and are an important link in the marine food web. They’re gobbled ... Sea Otters: Effects of ocean acidification will be felt up the food ...

and Southern Ocean. These fragile ecosystems depend on microscopic algae as the foundation of their food webs," said Dr. Duncan. "These tiny algae provide essential nutrition—like fats ...

Sustainable fisheries target plentiful species, including those smaller and lower on the food chain, because they can reproduce quickly to sustain their populations. They also mandate ...

Plastic Reflectic is an art installation made out of plastic rubbish collected from the ocean. The plastic is ... t biodegrade and so it enters the food chain. The artist wanted to show how ...