Scant on-the-ground monitoring means researchers lack basic information.

A research team, led by the University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography, recently returning from a groundbreaking, 18-day expedition aboard the Swedish Icebreaker Oden has made a discovery related to plastics in the Arctic Ocean.

Two underwater robots will be gliding throughout the western Lake Erie basin this week, as NOAA and its partners at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) test technology to autonomously monitor and measure the toxicity of harmful algal blooms in the Great Lakes.

Florida has lost much of the mangrove forests that once bordered its coasts and estuaries to development and sea-level rise.

During winter 2018 the sea ice in the Bering Sea reached record-low levels thanks to persistent warm southerly winds.

We know that our environment affects our health. More specifically, it's understood that exposure to pollution and access to medical care play important supporting roles in maintaining health and wellness. 

Over the past several years, microplastic particles have repeatedly been detected in seawater, drinking water, and even in animals. 

The emotive warnings were made because of global reports that its precursor Finding Nemo had inspired a surge in purchases of clown fish, which in turn caused environmental and animal harm. 

Termites are unwelcome in your home. They can cause structural damage to the wood in frames, floors and other materials. 

A higher standard of wastewater treatment in the UK has been linked to substantial improvements in a river’s biodiversity over the past 30 years, ensuring a welcome success story for wildlife, say scientists.