This is because whales accumulate tons of carbon in their bodies during their lives - which average at 50 years - and when they die, their bodies sink to the bottom of the ocean, burying the carbon ...

The amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has continued to accelerate, increasing by a record amount last year. Trees, plants and tiny plankton in the ocean all convert CO2 into the oxygen we ...

National climate reporter Chase Cain traveled to Antarctica to show how whales and their microscopic neighbors help maintain a critical balance. Scientists from the California Ocean Alliance study ...

A minke whale that had been swimming in the Long Beach ... The algae bloom was the result of an upswell in the ocean that brought up enough nutrients to the surface to allow the algae to thrive ...

Maryland DNR says endangered North Atlantic right whales have been detected off the coast of Ocean City. Officials are requesting mariners to avoid or transit at 10 knots or less inside the are ...

According to the qathet-based group Wild Ocean Whales Society (WOWs), as the weather becomes warm, cetaceans are returning to the Salish Sea. However, in February, it was reported that seven or more ...

Macy the golden retriever loves barking at the ocean, but she doesn't usually get ... Lovitt is a boat captain and the owner of a whale-watching tour business, which lost three boats during ...

Thousands of blue and purple sea creatures have been washing ashore in Ventura County beaches.  These strange looking ...