New study sheds light on the threat of ‘marine darkwaves’ to ocean life
- Written by François Thoral, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Marine Ecology, University of Waikato
Surfers caught in a marine darkwave.Jean Thoral, CC BY-NC-SALife in the ocean runs on light. It fuels photosynthesis, shapes food webs and determines where many marine species can live.
Gradually, that light is fading. Since the early 2000s, more than one-fifth of the global ocean has darkened as sediment, nutrients and organic matter increasingly...





