Marine Ecosystems

New research finds that the biomass of the entire fish community was nearly 50 percent larger around the rat-free islands.

• By John C. Cannon

Heat-tolerant genes may spread through coral populations fast enough to give the marine creatures a tool to survive another 100 years of warming in our oceans.

• By Kate Wheeling

The massive amounts of plastic trash in marine environments may be leading to toxic metals entering the food chain.

• By Danielle Beurteaux

A new initiative is exchanging the alleviation of national debt for government initiatives aimed at preserving marine ecosystems.

• By Ian Evans

A group of researchers and students took to the Santa Barbara Channel, while the Thomas Fire raged on shore, to learn how wildfires impact oceans.

• By Ian Evans

A new study shows that coral bleaching events are recurring faster than reef ecosystems can recover.

• By Kate Wheeling

It appears that dust blown off the Sahara desert may be initiating harmful bacteria growth in coral reefs across the Atlantic.

• By Maite Ghazaleh Bucher

Marae Moana is the result of years of work by local environmentalists.

• By Francie Diep

Raja Ampat, an island chain off the coast of New Guinea, is home to perhaps the world's richest marine biodiversity

• By Basten Gokkon

And, in turn, the marine ecosystem.

• By Kate Wheeling

New research finds that electromagnetic fields emitted by underwater power cables have little effect on marine communities off the coast of Santa Barbara, California.

• By Kate Wheeling

A new study finds cause for concern—and a sliver of hope—in disturbed seagrass meadows off the coast of Australia.

• By Kate Wheeling

Marine ecosystems are just as vulnerable to seismic noise as other types of pollution.

• By Madeleine Thomas

New research shows that it will take decades for protected reefs to bounce back, but even minor fishing restrictions can have significant benefits for marine ecosystems.

• By Kate Wheeling