Photo Credit: NASA Oxygen-starved ocean “dead zones,” where fish and animals cannot survive, have been expanding in the open ocean and coastal waters for several decades as a result of human ...

The ocean’s twilight zone extends to a depth of 1,000 meters ... For tidally locked words which show only one face to their star at all times, the terminator stays in one place.

During the first migratory route, the elephant seals seek out the transition zone between two ocean fronts ... it could have reverberations all across the ecosystem -- including for the elephant ...

much of that water ends up flowing straight into our coastal zones. According to one school of thought, pollutants are diluted to safe levels by the time they reach the open ocean. But are the ...

Researchers found that an inactive subduction zone under the Strait of Gibraltar may begin migrating into the Atlantic Ocean, commencing the shrinking process. The zone also brings a higher risk ...

Such deoxygenation zones are predicted to expand under future climate change scenarios. An understanding of rates of carbon recycling and the conditions that affect it is important for evaluating the ...

Fourteen world leaders ask an international group of researchers where next for the ocean economy ... 30% of the world’s exclusive economic zones, 20% of the world’s fisheries and 20% of ...