Levels of lead and other heavy metals spiked in L.A.’s coastal waters after the January fires, raising serious concerns for ...

“Species at each level of the food chain, from invertebrates to fish, birds, marine mammals and humans, can be affected differently based on their physiology and feeding strategies,” she said.

A drone image from Jan. 15 shows the aftermath of the Palisades fire above Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times) ...

But a warming world is throwing plankton into disarray and threatening the entire marine food chain that is built on them. A year ago, NASA launched a satellite that provided the most detailed ...

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 ...

A food chain shows how animals obtain their food ... recorded food chain involves over thirty organisms found in the deep ocean. Human activities like deforestation, pollution, and overfishing ...

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 ...