Marine plastic debris floating on the ocean surface is a major environmental problem.
However, its distribution in the ocean is poorly mapped, and most of the plastic waste …

During its periodic motion, a particle floating at the free surface of a water wave experiences
a net drift velocity in the direction of wave propagation, known as the Stokes drift (Stokes …

The lower shoreface provides the connection between the continental shelf and the
shoreline via its onshore transition called the upper shoreface. Lower shorefaces are …

The near-term progression of ocean acidification (OA) is projected to bring about sharp
changes in the chemistry of coastal upwelling ecosystems. The distribution of OA exposure …

In May 2021, the M/V X-Press Pearl cargo ship caught fire 18 km off the west coast of Sri
Lanka and spilled∼ 1680 tons of spherical pieces of plastic or “nurdles”(∼ 5 mm; white in …

Abstract The Kara and Laptev seas receive about one half of total freshwater runoff to the
Arctic Ocean from the Ob, Yenisei, and Lena rivers. Discharges of these large rivers form …

In plankton ecology, biological and physical dynamics are coupled, structuring how plankton
interact with their environment and other organisms. This interdisciplinary field has …

Abstract The Kara Sea receives~ 1/3 of total freshwater discharge to the Arctic Ocean,
mainly from the large Ob and Yenisei rivers. The Ob-Yenisei plume covers wide area in the …

Cross-shelf exchange dominates the pathways and rates by which nutrients, biota, and
materials on the continental shelf are delivered and removed. This follows because cross …

Dispersal provides a key mechanism for geographical range shifts in response to changing
environmental conditions. For mangroves, which are highly susceptible to climate change …