The European flat oyster (Ostrea edulis) was once widespread in the North Sea. However, overfishing, habitat destruction and ...

Over 70% of Earth's surface is covered by oceans, but most of it remains unexplored. In contrast, we have detailed surface ...

Humans are a coastal species. More than one in ten people in the world live within three miles of the shore, and about 40 ...

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Former diplomat Arthur Snell says a heating planet is accelerating conflict and migration – and fostering a new age of empire. Democracies are dangerously unprepared, he warns ...

A UN report warns that nearly half of the world’s migratory species are declining, and about one in four face the risk of extinction.

Sargassum levels across the Atlantic and Caribbean remained above normal in February, and researchers say the region remains ...

Driftwood Beach on Jekyll Island, Georgia is one of those rare spots that makes you question whether you’re still in the Southeast or somehow stumbled through a portal into another dimension. When the ...

This tiny coastal town bills itself as the “Whale Watching Capital of the Oregon Coast,” which is either a bold claim or a completely accurate statement depending on how many gray whales swim past ...

Thanks to advanced computer simulations, University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography (GSO) peer-reviewed ...

Models show that as the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation gets weaker, the Gulf Stream will drift northwards. There ...

Ocean temperatures may be quietly protecting the world from a global drought catastrophe. By analyzing more than a century of climate data, researchers discovered that droughts rarely spread across ...