Photo Credit: NASA Oxygen-starved ocean “dead zones,” where fish and animals cannot survive, have been expanding in the open ocean and coastal waters for several decades as a result of human ...

Testing results from the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board led to the decision to end the advisory.

The researchers studied tissue from over 120 fish. They found that 50 to 60 percent of their diet came from ocean’s twilight ...

The twilight, or mesopelagic, zone — the layer of ocean water that extends 200–1000 meters (656–3280 feet) deep — is an inhospitable place. “It’s completely dark, it’s extremely cold ...

Ocean water expands as it warms, researchers said. Climate change was a major driver to an unexpected level of sea level rise in 2024, according to a new NASA analysis. Global sea levels rose 0.23 ...

The mantle transition zone (MTZ), which occurs 410–670 kilometers ... Global sea level rose faster than expected in 2024, mostly because of ocean water expanding as it warms, or thermal expansion.