Satellite data reveals 21% of oceans have darkened, affecting photic zones and marine life. Researchers warn of severe ...

Affected swaths of ocean are roughly the same size as Africa, China, Europe and North America’s land areas combined.

A series of studies have cast doubt on the sensational claim that "the strongest evidence yet" was found that life exists ...

New research suggests there may be a narrow window of possibility for life to persist on the icy moons of the outer solar ...

In the southern flanks of the Indian Ocean and the central and eastern Pacific, just north of the Antarctic Circumpolar ...

Oceans around the globe have become darker over the last two decades, leaving researchers fearful for their marine inhabitants, according to a new study. Professor Thomas Davies of the University ...

The photic zone, where sunlight penetrates and sea creatures survive, is considerably shallower in most places now.

Scientists are baffled as over 21% of the world's oceans have significantly darkened in the past two decades, largely due to ...

Global research shows how plankton adapt their cell membranes to survive changing ocean light, nutrients, and temperature.

More than one fifth of the Earth's ocean has become darker over the past two decades, new research has warned. This process, ...

Researchers attribute coastal darkening primarily to increased nutrient and sediment runoff from agriculture and rainfall, ...