
Oceans
Night lights make even the seas bright
Light from coastal cities and offshore development may shine deep enough to disrupt tiny critters living dozens of meters (yards) below the surface.
Light from coastal cities and offshore development may shine deep enough to disrupt tiny critters living dozens of meters (yards) below the surface.
Pollution is any substance or form of energy released into the environment that is harmful to people or other living creatures.
A new model suggests that 58 percent of coral reefs and 88 percent of seagrass beds are exposed to excess nitrogen from wastewater.
El Niño and La Niña are part of a climate cycle that results in major weather changes every few years.
In a dozen years or so, the tide-enhancing effects of a wobble in the moon’s orbit should lead to dramatically higher sea levels in some coastal cities.
The world is cluttered with plastic waste. All that junk kills animals far and wide.
New fossil evidence shows 90 percent of sharks died in the mysterious event.
Whales, dolphins and porpoises are all cetaceans — mammals that live in water and have a streamlined body similar to a fish.
The antibiotic amoxicillin stopped tissue death in corals for at least 11 months after treatment.