As Lake Mead drops below shortage mark, shifting shorelines keep marinas in motion

As Lake Mead drops below shortage mark, shifting shorelines keep marinas in motion

CONNECTCOMMENTEMAILMORE LAKE MEAD, Nevada — People who fish for striped bass and catfish in Lake Mea

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Seabirds are today's canaries in the coal mine – and they're sending us an urgent message

Seabirds are today's canaries in the coal mine – and they're sending us an urgent message

Just as caged canaries once warned coal miners of the risk of carbon monoxide poisoning, free-flying

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Turkey struck by ‘sea snot’ because of global heating

Turkey struck by ‘sea snot’ because of global heating

When seen from above, it looks like a brush of beige swirled across the dark blue waters of the Sea

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‘Scuba-diving’ lizards breathe underwater by attaching air bubbles to their snouts

You’re having a bubble! Biologists at Binghamton in the US and the University of Toronto in Canada h

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The ticking environmental time bombs lying on Europe's seafloor

The ticking environmental time bombs lying on Europe's seafloor

For the police divers who work for the Schleswig-Holstein Bomb disposal unit in Kiel, their daily jo

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Greenland's Melting Glaciers Are Polluting Coasts With Shocking Amounts of Mercury

Greenland's Melting Glaciers Are Polluting Coasts With Shocking Amounts of Mercury

ENVIRONMENT Greenland's melting ice sheet is unleashing an astonishing amount of mercury into the na

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95% of Bull Kelp Forests Have Vanished From 200-Mile Stretch of California Coast

A lone blue rockfish swims past the graceful sweep of the blades of a bull kelp plant. The large air

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Scientists turn cabbage into construction material stronger than concrete

Scientists turn cabbage into construction material stronger than concrete

Researchers at the University of Tokyo pressed cabbage, fruit peels and other food scraps into a str

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S.C. horseshoe crab harvest for pharma can proceed - 4th Circuit

S.C. horseshoe crab harvest for pharma can proceed - 4th Circuit

Atlantic horseshoe crabs burrow in the sand near Little Creek, Delaware, May 20, 2008. TREUTERS/Mike

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Excess nitrogen has made sargassum the world's largest harmful algal bloom

Excess nitrogen has made sargassum the world's largest harmful algal bloom

May 24 (UPI) -- Sargassum provides vital nursery habitat for crabs, fish, sea turtles and other mari

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Biodiversity may take millions of years to recover from human impacts

Biodiversity may take millions of years to recover from human impacts

View 1 Image It could take Earth’s freshwater ecosystems millions of years to recover from the damag

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Bottlenose Dolphin Mom Adopts Pilot Whale Calf in New Zealand

Bottlenose Dolphin Mom Adopts Pilot Whale Calf in New Zealand

New Zealand's Far Out Ocean Research Collective spotted a bottlenose dolphin caring for a young pilo

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