The seas have long sustained human life, but a new UC Santa Barbara study shows that rising climate and human pressures are pushing the oceans toward a dangerous threshold. Vast and powerful, the ...

UC Santa Barbara researchers project that human impacts on oceans will double by 2050, with warming seas and fisheries collapse leading the charge. The tropics and poles face the fastest changes, and ...

Plastic waste is one of the most visible signs of ocean pollution, breaking down into microplastics that infiltrate the ...

Climate change and greenhouse gas emissions have been highly political issues since the terms went mainstream nearly three ...

If you know what diatoms are, it's probably because of their beauty. These single-celled algae found on the ocean floor have ...

An ambitious research programme in northwestern pacific is striving to understand the many facets of the ocean — and the ways they are responding to human impacts — like never before. The sheer ...

Human activities are now a constant feature of the marine environment and often overlap with areas that are critical for marine mammals. Shipping, fishing, ...

Humans are having a highly detrimental impact on biodiversity worldwide. Not only is the number of species declining, but the composition of species communities is also changing. This is one of the ...

Nic Rawlence receives funding from the Marsden Fund. Mark de Bruyn received funding from a Griffith University New Investigator grant. Michael Knapp does not work for, consult, own shares in or ...

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