Clown fishes live their entire adult lives nestled in the protective arms of a single sea anemone on a coral reef. Between birth and adulthood, however, the fishes have to complete a treacherous ...

Scientists have known for decades that soaring atmospheric carbon dioxide emissions are causing changes in ocean chemistry, threatening marine life and ecosystems. In June 2025, a study found that ...

Across the globe, oceans are acidifying as they absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, threatening coral reefs and many other marine organisms. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech ...

An international research team develops a rubric for governments and policymaking bodies to evaluate preparedness for ocean acidification. In a paper published today in the journal Environmental ...

Seagrass is an underwater plant. Like land plants, seagrasses need light and carbon dioxide to perform photosynthesis. Human-generated carbon emissions are causing the world’s oceans to become more ...

For generations, the people of Fiji have built their lives around the country's rich coral reef ecosystems. The ocean provides sustenance, while the dazzling marine life brings tourists from around ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. GrrlScientist writes about evolution, ecology, behavior and health. Ocean acidification is the chemical process that is set into ...

The world's oceans are in trouble. Every day, 22 million tons of carbon dioxide from factories, cars, power plants and other human sources are absorbed by the world's oceans. The result? A frightening ...

Sam Dupont and Hans Pörtner call for experiments of greater complexity that can probe how plummeting pH will affect marine ecosystems as the climate warms. Oceans are becoming more acidic as they draw ...

For the first time researchers have examined on a global scale how calcified algae in their natural habitat react to increasing acidification due to higher marine uptake of carbon dioxide. For the ...

While the livelihoods of more than three billion people depend on oceanic resources, the ocean also provides a large fraction of the oxygen we breathe and absorbs greenhouse gases, mitigating their ...