This course examines the biology and ecology of marine ecosystems, emphasizing those occurring in tropical regions such as coral reefs. The course also covers how these ecosystems are changing and the ...

Scientists from Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) and the National Center for Wildlife (NCW) have reported the discovery of an unusual ecosystem beneath the ...

For more than two years, the UN member states have been trying to agree on a plastics treaty that includes globally binding ...

Mangroves are trees or shrubs that grow along coastlines in tropical regions ... The carbon that is captured by our ocean and coastal ecosystems is known as blue carbon. Mangroves can store ...

The El Niño phenomenon in the South Atlantic and Benguela current, which flows along the west coast of southern Africa, have ...

The number of days each year that the world's oceans experience extreme surface heat has tripled over the past 80 years due ...

New research revealed the remarkable chemical diversity of substances exuded by coral reefs and demonstrated that thousands of different chemicals derived from tropical corals and seaweeds are ...