The blooms have become an annual problem in the Great Lakes. DNA studies show what’s growing there and why it’s dangerous.

When an extreme weather event occurs, the probability or risk of other events can often increase, leading to what researchers ...

Harmful algal blooms are unsightly and smelly, making them a concern for recreation, property values and businesses. They can disrupt food webs and harm aquatic life, though a recent study suggested ...

Jin Sato is the mayor of a town that no longer exists. Minamisanriku, a quiet fishing port north of Sendai in northeastern Japan, disappeared last March 11. Sato nearly did too. The disaster ...

Almost two hundred years ago, a flotilla of six Navy ships, crewed by about 350 military and civilians, including botanists ...

The climate crisis is not a distant threat; it's happening right now and affecting what matters most to us. Hurricanes intensified by a warming planet and drought-fueled wildfires are destroying our ...

The level of CO₂ in the atmosphere peaked globally at the mean of 426 parts per million in March, up from 423 ppm a year ago, and surpassed 430 ppm at the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii. The ...

According to New Scientist, a team of researchers raised a serious concern tied to less effective "cold wakes." The combination of cloud cover, evaporative cooling, and the stirring up of ocean waters ...

In a new analysis, the World Meteorological Organization has predicted that global average warming will remain above 1.5°C ...

Ten days before start of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season, officials at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced their forecast for how many tropical storms and hurricanes ...

The s earch for c ritical m inerals could put deep-sea mining and commercial fishing on a collision course.. In 2023, a study published in Nature Magazine predicted a collision between Pacific tuna ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A Canadian company announced Tuesday that its U.S. subsidiary submitted applications to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to mine the seafloor, sparking ...