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With careful planning and a little luck, researchers found a surprising upside to hurricanes after a Category 4 storm ...
As we celebrate World Ocean Day, new research shows the role that the ocean twilight zone plays in keeping the planet healthy ...
More than one-fifth of the global ocean—an area spanning more than 75 million sq km—has been the subject of ocean darkening ...
The vast, sunlit waters of the ocean’s surface, known as the photic zone, nurture 90% of marine life. Sunlight and moonlight ...
Hurricanes churn the ocean, triggering plankton blooms, oxygen shifts, and major changes in marine ecosystems.
INCOIS PFZ advisories boost fish catches for Indian fishermen, increasing income, lowering fuel costs and reducing carbon ...
Almost all life in the ocean depends on the upper waters where sunlight filters in, known as the photic zone – but new ...
Researchers say more than a fifth of the planet’s ocean — which makes up 70 percent of the surface of the Earth — has been ...
Scientists, who have spent more than a decade examining the impact of artificial light at night on the world's coasts and oceans, have shown that more than one-fifth of the global ocean -- an area ...
The ocean twilight zone, or mesopelagic zone, is the area of the ocean 600 to 3,200 feet below the surface. It’s where light begins to disappear, but it’s home to some of the most amazing ...
Only a tiny fraction of the deep ocean is explored, leaving 66% of Earth’s surface largely unseen. Researchers urge global, ...
Most foraminiferan species reside on the seafloor, but paleontologists are particularly interested in planktonic species, ...