Researchers at iC3 have found a way to improve records of past high latitude ocean change using tiny plankton shells called ...

University of Delaware student Erin Leathrum spent her summer looking for coiling party hats atop cinnamon buns at the bottom of the ocean. Not literal party hats and cinnamon buns, mind you, but ...

Natural gas hydrates are clathrate hydrates that consist of water molecules and natural gas molecules (major constituent: methane). They are mainly distributed along continental slopes of the oceans ...

Imagine there are ten different types of shells, each the size of a grain of sand, mixed in the bowl of mud in front of you. You want to find each type of individual shell —what do you do? For ...

For the first time scientists can see how the shells of tiny marine organisms grow atom-by-atom, a new study reports. The advance provides new insights into the mechanisms of biomineralization and ...

Table 1 Summary of planktic and benthic species with distinct Mg-banding. We observe Mg-banding in both the ocean grown and culture grown (87 Sr-labelled) calcite in the ‘control’ specimens that ...

Experiments with tiny, shelled organisms in the ocean suggest big changes to the global carbon cycle are underway, according to a new study. Experiments with tiny, shelled organisms in the ocean ...

This article originally appeared on Massive. The fundamental laws that govern the nature of matter haven’t changed since the formation of the earth. Since chemistry and biology still operate by the ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

More carbon dioxide in the air also acidifies the oceans. It seemed to be the logical conclusion that shellfish and corals will suffer, because chalk formation becomes more difficult in more acidic ...

Between 18,000 and 11,000 years ago, the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere suddenly shot up. This caused rapid global warming, the mass melting of glaciers, and the end of the last ice age.