Pteropods, or sea butterflies, are pelagic molluscs whose delicate aragonitic shells render them especially susceptible to declining carbonate saturation. As the ocean absorbs anthropogenic carbon ...

The coastal waters off the U.S. west coast have elevated levels of carbon dioxide, due to emissions of this gas by human industry and agriculture. This is linked to dissolution of the shells of a type ...

The Port of L.A. is having a dramatic year. Hereis what its chief sees in its future The CMA CGM Benjamin Franklin, at the time the largest container ship to ever make port in North America, unloads ...

The alternative text for this image may have been generated using AI. Figure 2: Vertical profiles of Ω A across the Scotia Sea (upper) and corresponding dissolution levels in live juvenile L. helicina ...

Tiny, delicate marine snails called pteropods are a key part of the marine food web. New research indicates they are dissolving to a greater extent than previously thought because of ocean ...

Shelled pteropods, microscopic free-swimming sea snails, are widely regarded as indicators for ocean acidification because research has shown that their fragile shells are vulnerable to increasing ...