The intricate, hidden processes that sustain coral life are being revealed through a new microscope developed by scientists ...

Light pollution, or artificial light at night (ALAN), is a widespread phenomenon in areas with dense human populations.

As jewelflowers spread into California from the desert Southwest over the past couple of million years, they settled in ...

Most foraminiferan species reside on the seafloor, but paleontologists are particularly interested in planktonic species, ...

Once upon a time, it was thought by many, most, and maybe all of us humanoids that the sea was big enough to swallow and ...

Study by Plymouth researchers shows 21 per cent of the ocean has dimmed in two decades, endangering life dependent on natural light.

The photic zone extends roughly 200 meters below the ocean's surface, forming the base for countless marine ecosystems. But a recent study published in Global Change Biology shows alarming changes.

The photic zone is the topmost layer of the ocean, where light from the Sun (including that reflected off the Moon) permeates the water. All marine organisms that photosynthesize – seagrasses, kelps, ...

Between 2003 and 2022, roughly 30 million square miles of ocean saw photic zones darken. That’s the same size as Europe, Africa, China and North America’s land areas combined.

The photic zone, which is 200 meters deep, is where global nutrients and carbon budgets sustain the planetary fish markets. This is the area where light reaches marine life that lives closer to ...

“If the photic zone is reducing by around 50 meters [55 yards} in large swathes of the ocean, animals that need light will be forced closer to the surface where they will have to compete for ...