Increased volcanism-related phosphorus delivery to the Late Ordovician ocean helps explain widespread cooling and eutrophication-driven extinctions, as shown by a biogeochemical model ...

Institute of Paleobiology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Twarda 51/55, 00-818, Warszawa, Poland. Faculty of Biology, Institute of Evolutionary Biology, Biological and Chemical Research Centre, ...

Based on these results, we propose a three-stage evolution model for the South Bainaimiao Ocean: (i) Initial subduction during the Ordovician (∼450 Ma), where the Bainaimiao arc separated the South ...

Scientists studying the geology of the Ordovician Period about 466 million years ago report evidence that Earth's ring system created a telltale pattern of impact craters, and it may also explain ...

Sharks have roamed the open seas for close to half a billion years and have witnessed the Earth’s evolution from a primordial ...

Dec. 12, 2024 — Colony surveys of common murres, an Alaskan seabird, show the full effects of the 2014-16 marine heat wave known as 'the blob.' Analysis of 13 colonies surveyed between 2008 and ...

Every oceanographer I know who is studying the controversial idea of coaxing the ocean to absorb extra carbon dioxide from the atmosphere remembers the moment they decided to start this ...

Widespread ocean pollution threatens the health of more than 3 billion people, international study led by Boston College researchers shows Ocean pollution is widespread and getting worse, and when ...

The theory would explain the presence of an odd density of impact craters around the equator dating back to the Ordovician period ... and a whole lot of ocean. But Earth has looked a lot of ...

Will Rome be ready for 35 million tourists next year? CNN takes Vespa tour to see preparations ...

Ocean sciences span the physics, chemistry, and biology of marine systems. The field encompasses ocean circulation, energy dissipation, marine biology, ecology, biogeochemical cycles, water mass ...