Life in the ocean runs on light. It fuels photosynthesis, shapes food webs and determines where many marine species can live.

Scientists have recently discovered a newly recognized and threatening ocean event: marine darkwaves. According to Science ...

The comprehensive review article by Professor Hu Limin, Professor Yao Peng, Professor Liu Xiting, Professor Liang Yantao, Postdoctoral Fellow Zhao Bin, Postdoctoral Fellow Du Jiazong, and master ...

Organotin compounds have long been employed in maritime antifouling paints, most notably tributyltin (TBT), which has subsequently been associated with adverse environmental impacts. Despite ...

The preservation of organic carbon in marine sediments has long been a key question remaining unclear in understanding the long-term carbon cycling on Earth. Recently, scientists have gained new ...

Many processes in the deep sea are not yet well understood, and the role of microbial communities in particular is often a big unknown. This includes, for example, how organic material that sinks from ...

When bottom trawls are dragged across the seafloor, they stir up sediments. This not only releases previously stored organic carbon, but also intensifies the oxidation of pyrite, a mineral present in ...

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The ratios of strontium isotopes in fossil shark teeth can be used to better understand how coastal environments evolved in ancient times, according to our newly published work. Our study was one of ...