In the ocean, a haze made from tiny bits of dead plants, animals, and microbes hangs in the upper reaches of the water. Each particle is just a fraction of a micrometer across, but together the carbon ...

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch has long been described in terms of scale. In the waters between Hawaii and California, ...

Whether it is good news or bad news for the environment, the world’s largest garbage dumps are not on land — they are in the ocean. Attempts have already been made to clean them up, but so far, none ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Shut off all the water flowing into Lake Erie and it would take about 2.6 years for it to run dry. Turn the spigots back on and dam the Niagara River so nothing flows out, and it ...

Oceans have taken a beating at the hands of humans, but by the heroic efforts of 85 countries, the global community has ...

A science-fiction trope is the time traveler who visits the present day with a dire warning about the future only to be tragically ignored. It resonates because it's so believable. In fact, Earth had ...

A science-fiction trope is the time traveler who visits the present day with a dire warning about the future only to be tragically ignored. It ...

Lake Rotomairewhenua in New Zealand is widely regarded as the clearest freshwater body on Earth, while the title for the clearest saltwater remains disputed.

Seabirds undertake some of the most impressive migrations on Earth, but their remote nature means these journeys can be challenging to research. BirdLife International's Dr Joanne Morten explores how ...

Africa is breaking apart along a giant crack that will form a new ocean between two large masses of land millions of years from now, the latest research shows. The split is taking place along the East ...