A diverse array of interconnected living organisms is the foundation of healthy and resilient ecosystems that provide food, shelter and clean air. The loss of a single species can upset the balance.

Measuring shells and skeletons encased in thousands of limestone samples has revealed that the sheer amount of living stuff ...

The latest addition is the Marine Organismal Body Size (MOBS) database, an open-access resource that—as its name implies—has collected body size data for more than 85,000 marine animal species and ...

Coral reefs are vital to marine biodiversity, but their livelihood is under threat due to climate instability and the impacts of human activities. Fast-moving underwater avalanches, known as ...

But this ecological controversy is an example of how the demand for the metals needed to power battery technology - for electric cars and other low carbon energy sources - can damage the environment.

The long-term impacts of marine heatwaves on biodiversity and management strategies required to mitigate further damage were ...

So far, the Marine Organismal Body Size Database includes the maximum size of some 85,200 marine species. Biologists have launched a database of marine animals’ body sizes that they say could help ...

RWE and ARC Marine are using reef cubes at Rampion Wind Farm to boost biodiversity and infrastructure protection ...

Man-made climate change knows no limits. The AGELESS Consortium explores the question of how marine life affected by climate change can be protected in the ocean beyond the areas of national ...

A study evaluating 21,000 marine animals suggests the threat to ocean ecosystems is more widespread than scientists thought.

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