A new study has, for the first time, recorded and measured just how fast microplastics move through the gut passage of a key ...

A study exploring this was published in the Journal of Hazardous Materials and reported in ScienceDirect. Researchers used ...

For Massachusetts, the North Atlantic right whale represents more than a large animal moving through offshore waters. It ...

Far off the New England coast, one of Earth’s rarest mammals is surviving on a food source so small it usually slips past ...

Researchers say plastic pollution is undermining oceans’ role as key natural buffer against climate change - Anadolu Ajansı ...

Oceans absorb about a quarter of the carbon dioxide released by human activity every year, slowing the pace of global warming ...

There are only 370 right whales left. If human activity doesn't change, the population may not be large enough to continue to ...

Microplastics are impairing the oceans' ability to absorb carbon dioxide, thereby potentially contributing to climate change, according to a recent study.

Every winter across most of the northern US, giant bags of salt materialize at grocery stores and home improvement retailers as residents and business owners prepare to combat icy sidewalks and slick ...

The Icelandic government has declared the possible collapse of a major Atlantic Ocean current a national security risk.

He says governments could focus on public education, encouraging people to use winter boots and winter tires to reduce the ...