New research by scientists at the United States' University of Washington and Stanford University suggests that the most destructive mass extinction event in Earth's ancient history was caused by global warming that left marine life unable to breathe.
Some corals stand a chance of surviving the current rise in global sea temperatures, a team of scientists recently reported, thanks to the diversity of their algal counterparts.
Vast swaths of the world's oceans are turning into “dead zones" as global warming and pollution strips them of oxygen, threatening marine life on a massive scale, a new study shows.
