In some places, the underside of the sea ice looks like giant green clouds. These are the 'grass meadows' of Antarctica, made ...

SeaWorld San Diego says rescuers are currently treating nine sea lions that were poisoned with domoic acid; one of the marine ...

Even though there are few nutrients around, this algae can grow on the ice ... Melting from the Greenland Ice Sheet is contributing significantly to the rise of global sea levels, and large amounts of ...

An unusually high number of disoriented marine mammals, sickened by a toxic algae bloom, is being found along Southern ...

New geological data has given more insight into the rate and magnitude of global sea level rise following the last ice age, ...

Once the toxin is produced, smaller fish can eat the algae. Bigger animals like sea lions can then become sick from the contaminated fish. Once ingested, the toxin can cause severe symptoms and ...

Global sea ice hit a record low for February, with Arctic and Antarctic ice levels far below average. Rising global temperatures are driving ice loss, accelerating ocean warming and extreme weather ...

Meters of snow blanket the sea ice and block incoming light ... During spring bloom, an upsurge in photosynthesizing algae and other microbes kick-starts the Arctic ecosystem, fueling a yearly ...

Global sea ice reached a new record low in February, according to the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service. This data, which combines the extent of sea ice from the Arctic and ...