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Ocean sciences span the physics, chemistry, and biology of marine systems. The field encompasses ocean circulation, energy dissipation, marine biology, ecology, biogeochemical cycles, water mass ...

Yet, some still dismiss the integration of sea level rise into government policies and regulations as merely an ...

The Atacama Trench, located off the coast of Peru and Chile, is one of the deepest oceanic regions on our planet, and scientists think it could be an ecological haven. A new study describes a four ...

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This article highlights the findings of the report A Deep Dive into Ocean-Related Measures in the Nationally Determined ...

a senior research scientist and zooplankton ecologist at the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences in Maine, showing that the clay flocs zooplankton eat and expel do indeed sink faster.

Jeremy Bishop. In 2022, the world agreed at a U.N. biodiversity summit to protect 30% of Earth’s land and water by 2030.