A major ocean current in the Arctic, the Beaufort Gyre, is changing rapidly due to climate warming—and this could trigger a ...

A new study out of the University of Vermont quantifies just how much migrating female whales do to sustain ocean ecosystems.

“It’s so hard to get the ocean to do what you want it to,” said Sarah Cooley, a carbon cycle scientist who has worked for the nonprofit Ocean Conservancy and the federal government. Katja Fennel, ...

Six high school students at the Alabama School of Math and Science are taking science to the sea. They are students from all ...

A new part of an ocean plant cell has been discovered that might revolutionize farming one day. The structure can take nitrogen and convert it into the ingredient that helps all organisms grow.

College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, P. R. China School of Marine Science and Fisheries, Jiangsu Ocean University, Lianyungang 222005, P. R. China ...

A new study reveals that baleen whales, including humpbacks and gray whales, enrich oceans when they take a whizz.

BATON ROUGE, La. — A federal judge has halted Louisiana's first death row execution using nitrogen gas, which was scheduled to take place next week. U.S. District Court Judge Shelly Dick issued ...

Nutrient availability, particularly nitrogen, influenced this response. Results indicate that ocean acidification could reduce primary production in oligotrophic tropical and subtropical oceans by ...

(AP) — A federal judge has halted Louisiana’s first death row execution using nitrogen gas, which was scheduled to take place next week. U.S. District Court Judge Shelly Dick issued a preliminary ...

open image in gallery A federal judge in Louisiana has halted the state’s first ever death row execution by nitrogen gas, which was due to take place next week (AP2008) "The public has paramount ...