One of Ireland's largest and most famous coastal lagoons is so badly polluted that scientists have warned it will take ...

Melting glaciers contribute to rising sea levels, another cause of coastal erosion. The sea level at Karachi rose almost 8 ...

President Trump’s order to release billions of gallons of water in California’s Central Valley last week — with the purported ...

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and Representatives Dave Joyce (R-Ohio) and Suzanne Bonamici (D-Ore.) reintroduced the Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Amendments ...

The Sheer Beauty of Glaciers Imagine a vast expanse of ice stretching out as far as the eye can see. This is the sight that greets you when you visit nearly any glacier in the world. They are like ...

Under the sea ice during the Arctic’s pitch-black polar night, cells power photosynthesis on the lowest light levels ever ...

As a wildlife veterinarian in Florida in the 1990s, Christine Kreuder Johnson could think of only one place to turn for help ...

Modern life makes us tired, right? But research from societies in Africa and South America suggests people in the ancient world slept only 6.5 hours a night.

In August 2024, the Arctic Ocean’s mean sea surface temperatures—a critical measure of the intensity ... Warm water is best ...

However, a deep freeze, thanks to the polar vortex dipping down from Siberia, is bringing an even harsher arctic blast to million Americans this week. Maps show what to expect as the cold front ...

An Arctic blast will bring dangerously cold temperatures to North Georgia early next week, with lows in the teens and 20s starting Monday, and a wintry mix of precipitation is possible on Tuesday ...