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In 2.6 percent of the ocean, the dusking was even more extreme, with the photic zone depth receding by more than 328 feet (100 meters).
The task force set a goal to cap the hypoxic zone size in the Gulf of Mexico to 1,900 square miles by 2015. However, the dead zone in 2017 exceeded that goal by four times— 8,776 square miles.
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Smithsonian Magazine on MSNThese Tiny, Beautiful Fossils Detail the History of the OceanMost foraminiferan species reside on the seafloor, but paleontologists are particularly interested in planktonic species, ...
The spatial scales of this are enormous. Just in the Clarion Clipperton Zone, industry projections are that they’re planning to mine 500,000 square kilometers [more than 193,000 square miles].
If the photic zone is reducing by around 50 m in large swathes of the ocean, animals that need light will be forced closer to the surface where they will have to compete for food and the other ...
Earth's earliest life forms developed ways to survive the harmful effects of arsenic to cope with dramatic changes in their ...
These unique monkeys live in large, social groups of up to 500 members and inhabit the canopy layer of the rainforest. They are small animals at only 10 to 14 inches long, with a 14 to 17-inch ...
These tiny crustaceans, often overlooked, are actually among the most common animals living in floating seaweed, yet surprisingly little is known about them.
Today's Climate Animals—Living and Dead—Can Help Track Humanity’s Toxic Legacy Natural history museum collections can help backfill environmental pollution data, a new study argues.
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