Seen from the air, a Florida freshwater spring is a bit of liquid heaven, luring humans and wildlife to enjoy its aquamarine cool. With at least 1,000 of them—more than any other state—the springs serve as beaches for large ...
Africa has an enormous ocean area at its disposal. There are almost 20 million square kilometers of ocean, seas and inland water that could be developed into environmentally sustainable blue economies. The G20 group of 19 ...
South Australia's catastrophic harmful algal bloom now affects almost 30% of the state's coastline, stretching from the Coorong in the state's southeast to the seafood-rich Spencer Gulf to the west.
Teasing apart the sources of organic carbon stored in coastal wetland soils around the world was the "grand challenge" Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) scientists successfully tackled in a seminal blue carbon ...
The sliteye shark has been recorded for the first time on the Great Chagos Bank, the world's largest coral atoll structure—marking a major advance in understanding the geographic range of this near-threatened species.
Florida anglers say sharks are snatching their catches at unprecedented rates, calling it an "overwhelming problem" and blaming a boom in Gulf shark numbers.
A manatee was recently spotted off the coast of Massachusetts for the first time in almost a decade and scientists want to monitor its condition to see if a rescue is necessary before it succumbs to the cold water or lack ...
A key health indicator for the nation's most economically important estuary has delivered mixed news, with researchers from William & Mary's Batten School & VIMS reporting a 1%, or 641-acre, annual decline in submerged aquatic ...
More than a decade since the start of the longest ocean warming event ever recorded, scientists are still working to understand the extent of its impacts. This unprecedented heat wave, nicknamed "The Blob," stretched thousands ...
Natural marine habitats like kelp forests and seagrass beds could play a vital role in protecting Scotland's coastline from flooding and erosion, according to new research.
