Scientists have identified many benefits for restoring oyster reefs to Chesapeake Bay and other coastal ecosystems. Oysters filter and clean the water, provide habitat for their own young and for ...

Only 170 million years ago, new plankton evolved. Their demand for carbon and calcium permanently transformed the seas as homes for life. Evolution is usually depicted as a consequence of the ...

THE use of phosphate buffer mixtures when culturing Algæ has been shown to have several disadvantages. High phosphate concentrations are often injurious to Algæ, and in alkaline solutions precipitates ...

An unlikely ally may have been found in the fight against the effects of climate change. Fish excretions seem to play a key role in maintaining the ocean’s delicate pH balance, says a study that also ...