ATHENS (Reuters) -Mediterranean Sea temperatures surged in June in a marine heatwave, with a Greek scientist warning some ...

What stands out most about the book I'm carrying under my arm, as I meander through the exhibits at the National Maritime ...

The proportion of nearly 25,000 marine species at high or critical climate risk under SSP5-8.5 by 2100. The red shading indicates the worst-affected areas.

At least one-third of the species that inhabit the world's oceans may remain completely unknown to science. That's despite the fact that more species have been described in the last decade than in ...

Researchers evaluated threats faced by nearly 25,000 marine species and found that almost 90% will be at high or critical risk of extinction by 2100 under a high emissions or "business as usual ...

The latest addition is the Marine Organismal Body Size (MOBS) database, an open-access resource that—as its name implies—has ...

Species known as marine habitat-forming species -- gorgonians, corals, algae, seaweeds, marine phanerogams, etc.-- are organisms that help generate and structure the underwater landscapes. These ...

The paper’s authors modeled future marine biodiversity under different projected climate scenarios. They found that if emissions are not curbed, species losses from warming and oxygen depletion alone ...

Easton was part of a Schmidt Ocean Institute expedition whose researchers documented more than 100 marine species they believe are new to science, including corals, squid, sponges, urchins ...

According to Ocean Census, we currently know of 240,000 marine species and an average of 2,200 species are discovered annually. [Related: See the strange new species discovered near Chile—with ...

The number of alien species, likely brought by ship traffic, stunned scientists. And they suspect that the foothold of such creatures may have been underestimated in other tropical habitats, too.