The global ocean continues to warm at a concerning rate. Satellite measurements of average sea surface temperatures show February this year was the highest for any month in the 45-year dataset, and ...

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New research shows that marine heat waves can reshape ocean food webs, which in turn can slow the transport of carbon to the ...

If marine heatwaves start to disrupt the carbon pump around India — just as seen in Alaska — then more carbon might stay near ...

SEATTLE (AP) — For decades, scientists believed Prochlorococcus, the smallest and most abundant phytoplankton on Earth, would thrive in a warmer world. But new research suggests the microscopic ...

Marine heat waves in the northeast Pacific Ocean create ongoing and complex disruptions of the ocean food web that may benefit some species but threaten the future of many others, a new study has ...

Tiny ocean microbes called Prochlorococcus, once thought to be climate survivors, may struggle as seas warm. These cyanobacteria drive 5% of Earth’s photosynthesis and underpin much of the marine food ...

Myctophids, also known as lanternfish, are considered a key connection between the deep ocean food web and marine life closer to the surface. (Austin Straub / For the Times) For several years now, one ...

Among the tiniest living things in the ocean are a group of single-celled microbes called Prochlorococcus. They are cyanobacteria, also known as blue-green algae, and they supply nutrients for animals ...

SEATTLE – For decades, scientists believed Prochlorococcus, the smallest and most abundant phytoplankton on Earth, would thrive in a warmer world. But new research suggests the microscopic bacterium, ...