The ocean is changing faster than at almost any point in recorded history. UNESCO's 2024 report on the state of the oceans, ...

The Pacific Ocean is now so acidic that it’s dissolving the shells of crabs, according to a new study published in the journal Science of the Total Environment. The study, funded by the National ...

The world's oceans are in trouble. Every day, 22 million tons of carbon dioxide from factories, cars, power plants and other human sources are absorbed by the world's oceans. The result? A frightening ...

A UW-led study found that waters along the Pacific Northwest are experiencing high rates of acidification that outpace the ...

Ocean acidification, driven by the uptake of anthropogenic CO₂, alters seawater carbonate chemistry and imposes widespread physiological challenges on marine invertebrates. Shell‐forming taxa such as ...

Orange cup corals, pictured growing on rocks above, are native to the Pacific Ocean. As they grow, the corals incorporate minerals from seawater, leaving a valuable historical record in their ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) – Six high school students at the Alabama School of Math and Science are taking science to the sea. They are students from all over the state of Alabama doing college-level ...

Sharks continually shed and regrow teeth throughout their lives, replacing worn or lost teeth with new ones. That makes them particularly good at catching prey. However, these top marine predators ...

Ocean acidification, driven by the uptake of anthropogenic carbon dioxide, is altering seawater chemistry in ways that undermine the ability of calcifying organisms—from corals and coccolithophores to ...