By looking at the microbial communities that live on corals, our research uncovered a crucial role that fishes play in protecting coral reefs. We also discovered that these fishes together with clean ...

Animal care staff at the Wetlands and Wildlife Care Center nursed the 13 pelicans back to health as a domoic acid poisoning ...

Rising ocean acidity is threatening Oregon and Washington's oyster farms, leading local growers to seek out new ways to keep ...

An international team of researchers has assessed the impact of carbon dioxide on the oceans. Their study, published in ...

Coral bleaching isn’t just an ocean crisis. Here’s how the global event endangers food security, local jobs—and the land ...

The pH scale is a measure of how acidic or alkaline something is, 1 being highly acidic, 14 being highly alkaline, and 7 ...

Researchers and hatcheries are exploring new ways to protect shellfish in the Pacific Northwest from increasingly acidic seas ...

The IAEA supports countries to better understand the ocean by developing networks of marine experts, facilitating regional knowledge exchange and harmonizing analytical and field procedures.

Scientists constructed a 100-year history of acidity in the Gulf of Maine. They expected coastal variability but were ...

New satellite maps reveal how oceans absorb carbon, offering real-time insight into climate shifts and ocean acidification.

Approximately a quarter of the carbon dioxide (CO 2) that we emit into the atmosphere is absorbed by the ocean. This oceanic uptake of CO 2 leads to a change in marine carbonate chemistry resulting in ...

Ocean health is moving into a danger zone, with rampant human-caused carbon dioxide emissions having already pushed ocean acidification levels beyond safe limits in large swaths of the marine ...