A new study published in Nature Geoscience has revealed that the global ocean's chemical makeup is undergoing a ...

Measuring the ‘ecosystem services’ that the ocean provides is difficult, but an essential step to understand how best to protect marine ecosystems.

Phytoplankton and zooplankton that live near the surface are the base of the ocean's food system. Everything from small fish, big fish, whales and seabirds depend on their productivity.

Diagram from the study depicting the relationship between increases and decreases in blue whale and krill populations. (Credit: Monreal et al./University of Washington) “We made novel measurements of ...

It’s super-cool, and changes how we think about ecosystems in the ocean. We don't think of animals other than humans having an impact on a planetary scale, but the whales really do.” ...