Tiny plastic particles drifting through the oceans may be quietly weakening one of Earth’s most powerful climate defenses.

A new study shows ocean damage nearly doubles the true cost of carbon pollution and reshapes climate decisions.

The key to future technologies can sometimes be found in the past. What Ravi Kishore is working to perfect, for example, has ...

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Marine plastic litter tends to grab headlines, with images of suffocating seabirds or bottles washing up along coastlines. Increasingly, researchers have been finding tiny microplastic fragments ...

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A recent theory proposes that whales weren't just predators in the ocean environment: Nutrients that whales excreted may have provided a key fertilizer to these marine ecosystems. Oceanographers now ...

Developed by the Urban Coast Institute at Monmouth University, the app compiles data from various sources, including government agencies and academic research. Users can access information on fishing ...

The University of Delaware will hold its annual Coast Day event from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 6, at the Hugh R. Sharp Campus in Lewes. The event will highlight cutting-edge research, ...