An international consortium of scientists has created the first-ever common framework for increasing comparability of research findings on coral bleaching.
An international team of scientists has found leaving more big fish in the sea reduces the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) released into the Earth's atmosphere.
Venezuela's opposition warned of a potential "environmental catastrophe" Thursday as a damaged oil tanker threatened to spill 1.3 million barrels of crude into waters separating Venezuela from Trinidad and Tobago.
Cyanobacterial mats have posed a huge problem for coral reef health. Previously, the bacteria covered about 1% of reefs, but that has grown to 20 to 30% in some places.
CSIRO, Australia's national science agency, has provided the first ever global estimate for microplastics on the seafloor, with results suggesting there are 14 million tonnes in the deep ocean.
