Marine protected areas (MPAs) and other conservation measures are increasingly being used by governments to protect fish ...

The rich resources of Pacific kelp forests helped humans populate the Americas. Now depleted by as much as 95 percent, they ...

Whales do more than just swim the seas—they power the ocean's ecosystem. By transporting nutrients from deep waters to the ...

"Large amounts of freshwater inundating marine ecosystems in a short period of time can alter the salinity of the seawater, resulting in fish die-offs," said the Ocean Conservancy. On top of all ...

For New Zealand, a country with an underwater territory 14 times its landmass, marine ecosystems present a significant ...

Prior to the tsunami, these productive coastal marine ecosystems were important for ... surprisingly resilient this species is against such large disturbances,” says Kawamura.

The west Antarctic Peninsula experiences a higher warming rate than the global average and has seen unprecedented heat waves and losses in sea ice in the past decades, with large regional variability.

“These fires pose a potential significant threat to both humans and ecosystems through the introduction of a large amount of toxic ... effects on fisheries and marine life, including anchovy ...

Marine ecosystems can be both sinks or sources of ... because the area drains a large catchment with intensive agriculture. We found this region is a significant source of greenhouse gases.