Lush seagrass meadows carpet the floor of the Mediterranean Sea off the Italian island of Elba. Seagrasses help form an important ecosystem in coastal environments, and they absorb a significant ...

The finding helps explain why some seaweeds, sponges, and corals appear to avoid most infections by fungi and bacteria, according to a study published May 19 Proceedings of the National Academy of ...

The ocean floor hosts a remarkable diversity of plant life, vital for both marine ecosystems and the planet’s health. Unlike land plants, underwater flora must adapt to low light, high pressure, and ...

NuScale Power and Prodigy Clean Energy, a Canadian designer of small modular reactor (SMR) marine power stations, have completed the conceptual design and economic assessment phases of a potential ...

An international research team has discovered the oldest known marine plant using a novel genetic clock. This 1400-year-old seagrass clone from the Baltic Sea dates back to the Migration Period. The ...

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford. Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in ...

MARINE PARK – THANKS TO A $25,000 grant from the City Parks Foundation, the Marine Park Alliance will begin planting several native species of plants and trees in the marshlands next week, including ...

UC College of Arts and Sciences Professor Thomas Algeo has been studying the planet's five major mass extinctions since the Ordovician Period, when global sea levels were much higher than today. In a ...