In the coastal waters of Southern East, tiny plant-like organisms called phytoplankton are facing some big changes. The ocean is getting warmer and more acidic. This is not good news for these little guys. They are super important because they help make the oxygen we breathe. Scientists wanted to see how these changes affect phytoplankton. They set up big tanks on l...

The North Atlantic Ocean has been under close watch since 1954. At that time, scientists were only able to measure temperature and salinity at a specific spot, Hydrostation S, located at 32°10'N, 64°30'W. This was long before they could track the ocean's carbon cycle. More recent data from the Bermuda Atlantic Time Series Study (BATS), starting in 1989, has changed ...