UNEP and small island states are working together to restore nature and boost climate resilience for a safer, sustainable ...

A recent study has established a predictive framework for identifying the source populations of Chondria tumulosa, a ...

"The North Pacific Transition Zone is one of these boundaries. It divides the low-nutrient ocean gyres from the high-nutrient temperate ecosystems to the North. With more iron coming into the system, ...

"The North Pacific Transition Zone is one of these boundaries. It divides the low-nutrient ocean gyres from the high-nutrient temperate ecosystems to the north.

Long-lived deep-sea corals preserve evidence of a major shift in the open Pacific Ocean ecosystem since around 1850, according to a study by researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

Published in JGR Oceans, the research links a rare and massive bloom in the nutrient-poor waters of the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre — some 1,200 miles west of the volcano — to the ...

Matthew J. Church, Eint Kyi, Robert O. Hall Jr., David M. Karl, Markus Lindh, Alexa Nelson, Emma K. Wear, Production and diversity of microorganisms associated with sinking particles in the ...

The oligotrophic North Pacific Subtropical Gyre (NPSG) is one of the largest biomes on the planet and is a physically and biogeochemically stable habitat. Throughout the annual cycle, daylength varies ...

Climate Lab Environment Local News Heat waves may have opened a sardine superhighway across Pacific Oct. 23, 2024 at 6:00 am Updated Oct. 23, 2024 at 6:00 am By Isabella Breda ...

A University of Montana Flathead Lake Biological Station received $9.5 million for a new research projectUM Bio Station Awarded $9.5 Million for Ocean Climate ...

In the Pacific Ocean, between Hawaii and California, at least 79,000 metric tons of plastic has coalesced to create the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. The patch, kept together by ocean currents and ...