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Published A life less obvious: Study sheds light on the evolution of underground microbes - A Life Less Obvious: Study Sheds Light on the Evolution of Underground Microbes


Precambrian cratons -- some of Earth's oldest rocks -- were uninhabitable for microbes for much of t...
Published Small but mighty -- study highlights the abundance and importance of the ocean's tiniest inhabitants



New research sheds light on tiny plankton, which measure less than 0.02mm in diameter but can make u...
Published Use it or lose it: How seagrasses conquered the sea



Seagrasses provide the foundation of one of the most highly biodiverse, yet vulnerable, coastal mari...
Published Anoxic marine basins are among the best candidates for deep-sea carbon sequestration



Anoxic marine basins may be among the most viable places to conduct large-scale carbon sequestration...
Published Microplastics may be accumulating rapidly in endangered Galápagos penguins' food web



Model predictions showed a rapid increase in microplastic accumulation and contamination across the...
Published As sea otters recolonize California estuary, they restore its degraded geology



As sea otters recolonize a California estuary, they are restoring its degraded geology by keeping po...
Published Due to sea-ice retreat, zooplankton could remain in the deep longer



Due to intensifying sea-ice melting in the Arctic, sunlight is now penetrating deeper and deeper int...
Published Extinctions could result as fish change foraging behavior in response to rising temperatures



Fish species respond to temperature increases by going after more readily available prey. Models sug...
Published Some corals may survive climate change without paying a metabolic price



If, as the saying goes, 'nothing in life is free,' then corals might pay a price for being resilient ...
Published There are large accumulations of plastics in the ocean, even outside so-called garbage patch



When plastic ends up in the ocean, it gradually weathers and disintegrates into small particles. If...
Published Marine heat waves disrupt the ocean food web in the northeast Pacific Ocean



Marine heat waves in the northeast Pacific Ocean create ongoing and complex disruptions of the ocean...
Published Pause in recent coral recovery on much of Great Barrier Reef


In-water monitoring shows hard coral cover across the Great Barrier Reef remains at similar levels t...
Published Global inventory of sound production brings us one step closer to understanding aquatic ecosystems



Our understanding of which aquatic species produce sounds just took a big step forward. Scientists h...
Published New deep-sea worm discovered at methane seep off Costa Rica



Marine biologists have discovered a new species of deep-sea worm living near a methane seep some 50...
Published Land-sea relationship is major driver of coral reef health outcomes



New research indicates that mitigating both local land and sea-based human impacts, especially in te...
Published Plant-based plastic releases nine times less microplastics than conventional plastic



A newly developed plant-based plastic material releases nine times less microplastics than conventio...
Published How kelp forests persisted through the large 2014-2016 Pacific marine heatwave



New research reveals that denser, and more sheltered, kelp forests can withstand serious stressors a...
Published East coast mussel shells are becoming more porous in warming waters



Researchers have found that over the last 120 years, the porosity -- or small-scale holes -- in muss...
Published Surf clams off the coast of Virginia reappear -- and rebound



The Atlantic surfclam, an economically valuable species that is the main ingredient in clam chowder...
Published Atlantic walrus more vulnerable than ever to Arctic warming



Past cycles of climate change, along with human exploitation, have led to only small and isolated st...