As deep-sea waters warm, scientists expected trouble for the microbes that help keep ocean chemistry in balance. Instead, researchers found that Nitrosopumilus maritimus can adapt to warmer, ...
From coral reefs and kelp forests to the open ocean and deep-sea zones, nutrients that support phytoplankton growth and ...
How can bacteria that forage on organic particles survive in vast ocean regions where such particles are extremely sparse? A ...
You may be hearing a lot lately about critical minerals and rare earth elements. These natural materials are essential to industry and modern technology – everything from cellphones to fighter jets.
When marine organisms die and sink, billions of tons of organic and inorganic carbon are carried downward each year. The ...
Sharks might not be a natural biological group, with most species potentially closer kin to rays than to an oddball group of sharks.
Scientists found worms living inside a glass sponge castle - and that's just one of 38 new species.
The retreat of ice in the Barents Sea could be strengthening a key ocean current that regulates global climate.
About 1000 kilometers off the coast of Portugal, hidden beneath the surface of the Atlantic Ocean, lies one of the most interesting geological features on Earth. Stretching roughly 500 kilometers, the ...