Banner image: A coral reef around Nukuoro Atoll in the Federated States of Micronesia, where microbial-based monitoring is undertaken to assess reef health. Image courtesy of Alyson Santoro/WHOI.

In a major scientific breakthrough, researchers have discovered hundreds of previously unknown giant viruses in oceans around the world. Led by marine biologist Benjamin Minch and virologist ...

Despite fungi's known global biogeochemistry, our knowledge regarding their contribution to ecology and biochemical cycles in the oceanic realm is rather ...

Japanese photographer explores the marine world during night dives and reveals the illuminated beauty of plankton in stunning images. O post Marine photographer reveals the beauty and diversity of ...

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Scientists have warned that the planet crossed the global boundary for ocean acidification around the year 2020, according to a new study.

Because they rely on hosts for a majority of functions, viruses aren’t considered alive. But entities like ‘Sukunaarchaeum ...

French Polynesia announced the creation of the world’s largest Marine Protected Area (MPA), at the U.N. Ocean Conference in France on Monday. The MPA will cover the entirety of the country's ...

The find may not have been as shocking as it first seemed, however. Tires are actually among the most common plastic polluters on earth. A 2017 study by Pieter Jan Kole at The Open University of ...

Mission & scope Frontiers in Marine Science is an interdisciplinary journal that advances our understanding of marine species, ecosystems, and processes as well as human interactions with, and impacts ...

If we fail to act, we risk being the generation that ignored the smallest forms of life and with them, forfeited the greatest opportunities for healing our planet ...