Marine biologists are taking action to preserve sea life after floating debris from the wildfires has blocked underwater plants from receiving sunlight, killing them.

All over the world, researchers like Magadini are staring through microscopes at tiny pieces of plastic—fibers, fragments, or microbeads—that have made their way into marine and freshwater ...

If they die, there’ll be fewer big fish—and that could rattle the food chain ... an Oregon State University marine ecologist who specializes in the early life stages of fish.

Phytoplankton form the foundation of the marine food chain, and climate change is shaking that foundation. And while marine life depends on phytoplankton, sometimes it can create harmful blooms.

affecting the whole food chain and reaching the commercially exploited seafood species. The results show that 41% less river flow could slash marine productivity by 10% and fish biomass by 6% ...

“The removal of marine and shellfish from low-lying rock pools can devastate marine life, which is unlikely to return and ...