Almost all life in the ocean depends on the upper waters where sunlight filters in, known as the photic zone – but new research suggests this narrow window of valuable marine light is shrinking in ...

A recent worldwide study led by researchers from the University of Plymouth and Plymouth Marine Laboratory finds that more than 20 per cent of the world’s oceans, equating to about 75 million square ...

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(NewsNation) — More than 20% of the Earth’s oceans have darkened over the last 20 years, potentially leaving some marine life in the dark, according to new research from the University of Plymouth.

PLYMOUTH, England — Earth’s oceans are losing light, and it’s happening so fast that scientists are calling it one of the planet’s largest unnoticed habitat collapses. Over the past 20 years, an area ...