Florida State University oceanographers have discovered a significant connection between small-scale microbial processes and ecosystem-wide dynamics, offering new insights into the mechanisms driving ...

Discover the top six most important decomposers in the ocean and their vital role in breaking down organic matter and ...

A humpback whale urinating near Hawaii. Credit: Lars Bejder/NOAA Scientists have long understood that microbes, zooplankton, and fish are vital sources of recycled nitrogen in coastal waters. But ...

WASHINGTON — Major investments are needed for core research in ocean science and to upgrade and replace infrastructure to support basic and applied research in ocean studies, says a new report from ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — Hawaiʻi’s sharks are a bit of both legend and mystery. From Kāmohoaliʻi, the Hawaiian god with a shark’s head, to the modern-day research that uncovers their crucial role in ocean ...

Marine researchers exploring extreme depths say they have discovered an astonishing deep-sea ecosystem of chemosynthetic life that’s fueled by gases escaping from fractures in the ocean bed. The ...

The four billion tons of marine organisms that global fisheries extracted from the ocean between 1960 and 2018 resulted in the depletion of over 560 million tons of essential nutrients vital to ...

Fewer people have been to the deepest parts of the ocean than have walked on the surface of the moon. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University's Center for Transformational Play are hoping a virtual ...