Marine engineers: Five species that shape underwater ecosystems
Among the myriad creatures that populate our ocean, some stand out as having an outsized impact on the marine environment—shaping and maintaining habitats that themselves sustain countless other forms ...
How Whale Waste Powers Marine Ecosystems
Whales do more than just swim the seas—they power the ocean's ecosystem. By transporting nutrients from deep waters to the ...
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Empty promises won’t save marine ecosystems
Protecting our oceans requires strong government policies backed by sustained funding for conservation and enforcement.
NZ hopes to store carbon in marine ecosystems—but some are so degraded they're already a source of emissions
For New Zealand, a country with an underwater territory 14 times its landmass, marine ecosystems present a significant ...
Antarctic microbes reveal climate impact on marine ecosystems
Bacteria and other single-celled microorganisms in the seas around Antarctica are strongly influenced by water temperature ...
Overfishing urchins: A paradoxical path to marine sustainability
In our warming oceans, marine species are moving into new areas and "re-engineering" or often destroying those ecosystems, ...
The scientific community is concerned after the discovery of a strange marine species that reveals the fragility of the Antarctic ecosystem
A new species of Antarctic fish has been discovered that highlights how fragile the underwater ecosystem really is.