A total of 48 onboard CO 2 enrichment experiments were performed at 45 stations in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre, the northern South China Sea, and the North Pacific Transition Zone.

The oceans teem with photosynthesizing bacteria, tiny-tailed dinoflagellates gobbling other plankton, algae surrounded by ...

The fallout from the North Sea oil tanker collision on March 10 may have you reflecting on other significant man-made environmental disasters ...

It has formed due to the North Pacific Gyre (NPG), a system of ocean currents that traps debris within a swirling vortex. Covering an estimated 1.6 million square kilometres (617,763 square miles ...

Beach pollution is a pressing global issue, with numerous shorelines suffering from contamination due to human activit ...

Plastic pollution is a critical issue in Hawaii due to the state’s location in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre and its proximity to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, located between Hawaii’s ...

Plastic pollution is a significant issue in Hawaii, mainly due to its location in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre—a massive system of rotating ocean currents. This current system traps debris ...

On Monday afternoon, at 1 p.m. National Hurricane Center issued a SPECIAL Tropical Weather Outlook for an area of rotation in ...

Hurricane forecasters use what are called analog seasons to predict was a future season could have in store. Forecasters pay ...