As atmospheric carbon dioxide levels continue to rise, the ocean plays a crucial role in helping to reduce the full impact of ...

The ocean: A natural carbon sink. The ocean covers two-thirds of Earth’s surface, holds 50 times more carbon dioxide than the atmosphere, and holds 15 times more than all land plants and soils ...

New satellite maps reveal how oceans absorb carbon, offering real-time insight into climate shifts and ocean acidification.

A startup called Gigablue claims to have reached a milestone by selling 200,000 carbon credits for its ocean-based carbon ...

Scientists say going through with proposed ocean climate fixes could actually make things worse by lowering ocean oxygen levels.

A new study in collaboration with BAS scientists reveals for the first time that zooplankton migration contributes ...

This diffusion‑limited regime likely dominates for fluffier aggregates made of phytoplankton remains, fecal pellets, or ...

Vast amounts of organic carbon settle on the seafloor each year, coming from decaying marine life and from living (or once ...

But the researchers aren't advocating against using the ocean as a carbon sink entirely. Encouragingly, they found that abiotic methods, ...

Reducing the value of three-quarters of our planet to the singular role of carbon sink overlooks the ocean’s vast contributions to food security, cultural identity and economics.

Hoping to maximize's the ocean's potential as the world's largest carbon sink, scientists in the UK are sucking carbon out of seawater.

A new satellite-based product can now map the ocean carbon sink at unprecedented resolution.Although the oceanic sink for the ...