New research shows that marine heat waves can reshape ocean food webs, which in turn can slow the transport of carbon to the deep sea and hamper the ocean's ability to buffer against climate change.

Robotic floats can continuously collect detailed data about ocean conditions. A new study led by MBARI researchers from the Global Ocean Biogeochemistry Array project—with an interdisciplinary team of ...

If you’ve noticed an increase in spiders lately, perhaps wrapping your porch up in web, there’s a reason. No, spiders have not increased in population, and no, they aren’t plotting your demise. It’s ...

FRANCOIS RIBALET, a research associate professor at the University of Washington’s School of Oceanography, holds a vial of Prochlorococcus on September 5 in Seattle. SEATTLE—For decades, scientists ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. SEATTLE — For decades, scientists believed Prochlorococcus, the smallest and most abundant phytoplankton on Earth, ...

SEATTLE (AP) — For decades, scientists believed Prochlorococcus, the smallest and most abundant phytoplankton on Earth, would thrive in a warmer world. But new research suggests the microscopic ...

A food web is a detailed interconnecting diagram that shows the overall food relationships between organisms in a particular environment. The simplest explanation is that food webs are "who eats whom" ...

A groundbreaking study of 7,000-year-old exposed coral reef fossils reveals how human fishing has transformed Caribbean reef food webs: As sharks declined by 75 percent and fish preferred by humans ...

Scientists are gaining new insights into how plankton supports life on Earth — just as climate change is changing everything. Scientists are gaining new insights into how plankton supports life on ...

Aim: In complex networks, the degree distribution varies and provides an insight into the general structure of the system. For example, it may show scale-free characteristics of the network, ...