The sea-ice cover is instrumental in mediating ocean–atmosphere exchanges and provides an important substrate for organisms from microbes and algae to predators. Antarctic krill, Euphausia superba, is ...

Resilient Algae May Speed Up Greenland Ice Melt Feb ... Arctic Cyclones Could Be Missing Link in Sea Ice Depletion Models Feb. 12, 2025 — A study gives possible insight into the underprediction ...

Arctic sea ice extent for March set a record low in the 47-year satellite data record. Extent was below average everywhere except the East Greenland Sea. Nearly all March monthly average extents since ...

A Southern California sea lion poisoned by toxic algae. Channel Islands Marine & Wildlife Institute Advertisement ...

SAN DIEGO — A dangerous toxic algae bloom off the coast of San Diego is having a devastating effect on local wildlife. It's causing sea lions and, more recently, pelicans to become seriously ill ...

Things are not looking good for global sea ice. In February 2025, Antarctic and Arctic sea ice combined hit a new low scientists reported. Arctic sea ice, in its winter phase, has just hit its maximum ...

Experts say frightening encounters with sea lions are becoming more common and the likely reason for recent attacks is a ...

The dumping of effluent and fertilizer into Florida waters caused a massive bloom of phytoplankton, killing off much of the ...

Antarctic’s ice extent on March 1 tied for the second-lowest minimum observed in the satellite record. Antarctica’s summer sea ice has dropped to one of its lowest extents ever recorded, shrinking to ...

Sea lion attacks are rare but two recent incidents in Southern California are bringing attention to how an ongoing toxic algae bloom may be poisoning and impacting sea mammal behavior.April 6, 2025 ...