much of that water ends up flowing straight into our coastal zones. According to one school of thought, pollutants are diluted to safe levels by the time they reach the open ocean. But are the ...

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 ...

and that if you have an open cut or wound, swimming in the ocean is a bad idea. While you can usually move through the water without any potential pathogens getting into your body, it gets riskier ...

driving away fish and other complex organisms that require oxygenated water. Anthropogenically enhanced nutrient inputs to the open ocean occur mostly through the atmosphere. In some regions (e.g ...

These eddies trap water masses and migrate into the open ocean, where productivity is comparatively low. As such, they have a significant influence on the nutrient and carbon cycles within the ocean.

The 750,000-gallon Open Ocean exhibit houses hundreds of fish ... green sea turtles at the Turtle Lagoon for an above and below water look. Meanwhile, the Humpbacks of Hawai'i Exhibit and Sphere ...