The failure of a vital ocean upwelling has sparked concerns of catastrophic effects for life, according to scientists. Every year, between December and April, northerly winds create a rising current ...

Looking to support or prove long-held hypotheses on a little-known but important ocean activity, researchers from UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla led an international ...

Ocean conditions for juvenile spring chinook were favorable last year, which could pay dividends for 2027 salmon runs. According to a report from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...

A record-setting marine heat wave has formed off Southern California, and the next few weeks may determine whether it fades ...

It’s not just ocean heat that’s affecting marine life – new research shows extremely cold events are welling up and causing mass mortalities. And the same planet-warming pollution that’s driving the ...

The lower St. Johns River basin is an estuary with all the typical characteristics of a semi-enclosed body of water, open to the ocean and diluted with freshwater. That fact has been discussed ...

Despite record breaking heat and a large harmful algal bloom, commercial fisheries landings along the West Coast improved from 2024. Photo courtesy of NOAA Fisheries Despite a massive marine heatwave ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Scientists found January’s devastating fires likely didn’t worsen the algae bloom that killed hundreds of marine ...

New research from the university of St Andrews has found that some coastal areas will become much more acidic than previously anticipated. With added atmospheric CO2, these areas are acidifying more ...