How disease, warming waters, and ravenous sea urchins combined to kill the kelp and close the red abalone fishery

Study shows that local management provides a degree of insurance against global stresses, but there are likely higher temperatures that render the insurance ineffective

Researchers hope the findings will provide necessary data to inform the debate around policies to reduce plastic in the marine environment

Freshwater megafauna include all freshwater animals that weigh 30 kilograms or more, such as species of river dolphins, beavers, crocodiles, giant turtles, and sturgeons

Environmental factors, such as rising sea temperatures and over-fishing, impact levels of mercury in fish

Researchers highlight need to account for climate change in marine planning

Research could help clarify why methylmercury concentrations in tuna vary geographically

The risk to children exposed to DDT and hexachlorocyclohexane accumulated in fish is significantly higher than it is for adults

Researchers say industrial sea fishing may be exposing people in coastal and island nations to excessively high levels of mercury

Researchers connect the data to show an accelerating trend for marine heatwaves in our oceans