High-latitude zooplankton can sequester millions of tons of carbon due to their seasonal migration from the surface ocean to depth, and their respiration and mortality during overwintering. This seas...

Seabirds across Scotland are set to benefit from a major new funding initiative aimed at reversing decades of population decline by protecting and restoring vital seabird habitats across its coastlines and islands. The Scottish Marine Environmental Enhancement Fund has released...

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Climate change is expected to drive phytoplankton poleward, but successful establishment in new environments requires adaptation to multiple factors beyond temperature. This study compares two common...

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In recent years, researchers have documented salmon surviving in North Slope rivers, bowhead whales expanding their foraging grounds and humpbacks moving into the Arctic.

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For the world’s tuna population, the stakes have never been higher. A species confronted by climate change and the impacts of a warming ocean, this bedrock of community, industry, and ecological systems is currently facing population declines that not only...

Abstract. As a net source of nutrients fuelling global primary production, changes in Southern Ocean productivity are expected to influence biological carbon storage across the global ocean. Following...

Ambitious UK project aims to forecast climate catastrophes using fleets of drones, cosmic ray detection, patterns of plankton blooms and more

Ambitious UK project aims to forecast climate catastrophes using fleets of drones, cosmic ray detection, patterns of plankton blooms and more

Scientists have developed a novel tool designed to protect and conserve coral reefs by providing them with an abundance of feeding opportunities.  The device, dubbed the Underwater Zooplankton Enhancement Light Array (UZELA), is an autonomous, programmable underwater light that works to draw in nearby zooplankton, microscopic organisms that coral feed on.  After testing the submersible on two species of coral native to Hawaii over six months, researchers found that UZELA could greatly enhance local zooplankton density and increase the feeding rates of both healthy and bleached coral.

This study provides the longest annually resolved records of deoxygenation and productivity in the tropical Pacific and highlights the importance of North Atlantic climate oscillations on Pacific...

Light availability—bottom-up control—regulates the spring bloom onset near Antarctica but exhibits weaker influence further north. North of the subantarctic front, top-down controls may regulate ...