This is the first time scientists have demonstrated that this relationship occurs in a marine plant. Lush seagrass meadows carpet the floor of the Mediterranean Sea off the Italian island of Elba.

freshwater and marine ecosystems, and are common features of many green plant communities, including vascular plant assemblages, long thought to be resistant to consumer control. Although we know ...

Scientists found that forests did not recover quickly after Earth’s worst extinction. Instead, plant life changed in phases.

Arctic kelp absorbs metals from melting glaciers, increasing mercury levels by 72%. This could harm marine life and fisheries ...

but also present new challenges to terrestrial ecosystems. However, research on terrestrial MNPs lagged behind marine studies. In a study published in Trends in Plant Science, researchers from ...

A new study is predicting estuaries along the East Coast of the U.S. will experience marine heat wave conditions up to a third of the year by the end of the century.

For New Zealand, a country with an underwater territory 14 times its landmass, marine ecosystems present a significant opportunity to investigate carbon storage options.