Plastic doesn't biodegrade and so it enters the food chain. The artist wanted to show ... made out of plastic rubbish collected from the ocean. The plastic is connected to underwater sensors ...

Rapid sea ice loss and ocean acidification from climate change ... If zooplankton fail to reproduce, it disrupts the food chain, threatening fish populations and, in turn, seals and other large ...

Through one of the primary carbon storage mechanisms, the biological carbon pump, phytoplankton (microscopic marine plants at the bottom of the oceanic food chain) take up CO 2 in the surface ocean ...

Sustainable fisheries target plentiful species, including those smaller and lower on the food chain, because they can reproduce quickly to sustain their populations. They also mandate ...

Sea Otters: Effects of ocean acidification will be felt up the food chain. Marine mammals like sea otters that rely on shellfish may be in trouble. Studies show that, if left unchecked, within our ...

To be chief scientist means Ashjian, 57, is the lead on answering the research question, “What happens at the shelf break of the Beaufort Sea and how does it affect the Arctic food web?” ...

If they die, there’ll be fewer big fish—and that could rattle the food chain. marine-plastic-ocean-fish-microplasticThe naturally oily surface slicks in which many ocean fish come of age are ...

Scientists discovered ancient marine reptiles that reached unprecedented trophic levels. These creatures exceeded today’s top predators.