A new study, published this week in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, reveals that nitrogen-fixing trees play an underrecognized role in recovering tropical forests by enriching nutrient-poor soils with scarce elements such as phosphorus and molybdenum.

A long-lasting, successful relationship between scientists at the MBL Ecosystems Center and the citizen-led Buzzards Bay Coalition has garnered a long-term record of water quality in the busy bay that lies west of Woods Hole. 

Global warming would be worse were it not for extra vegetation that changes how and where heat builds up across the landscape.

Nearly 100 percent of the red snapper sampled in the Gulf of Mexico over a six-year period showed evidence of liver damage.

Severe river floods are escalating in temperate climates and putting at risk populations, livelihoods and property.

The researchers used excess cattle manure from local producers.

Nanoplastic debris can clump in estuaries, forming larger clusters that either settle or stick to solid objects.

Adding a simple polymer to fertilizers or pesticides could dramatically reduce agricultural pollution, suggests a new study by researchers at the University of British Columbia.  

The annually occurring algal spring blooms play an important role for our climate, as they remove large amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. 

While the region has seen less deforestation than other parts of Indonesia, large-scale clearing is still evident.