If zooplankton fail to reproduce, it disrupts the food chain, threatening fish populations and, in turn, seals and other large animals. "If we still have some sea ice, but it's melting more ...

Plastic doesn't biodegrade and so it enters the food chain. The artist wanted to show ... made out of plastic rubbish collected from the ocean. The plastic is connected to underwater sensors ...

To be chief scientist means Ashjian, 57, is the lead on answering the research question, “What happens at the shelf break of the Beaufort Sea and how does it affect the Arctic food web?” ...

Sharks are apex predators in our oceans. They instill fear in people of all ages, and a lot of that is thanks to the movie ...

And we can see food chains happening underwater too. Algae is eaten by small fish, small fish are eaten by bigger fish, and bigger fish are eaten by sea lions who are then eaten by sharks!

Once the plastic is in the ocean, it decomposes very slowly, breaking into tiny pieces known as microplastics, which can enter the marine food chain and become incredibly damaging to sea life. The ...

If they die, there’ll be fewer big fish—and that could rattle the food chain. marine-plastic-ocean-fish-microplasticThe naturally oily surface slicks in which many ocean fish come of age are ...

Through one of the primary carbon storage mechanisms, the biological carbon pump, phytoplankton (microscopic marine plants at the bottom of the oceanic food chain) take up CO 2 in the surface ocean ...

Sustainable fisheries target plentiful species, including those smaller and lower on the food chain, because they can reproduce quickly to sustain their populations. They also mandate ...