Researchers calculate the value of bivalves’ appetite for pollution. It’s huge
Oysters and clams are some of nature’s most efficient feeders: these shellfish slurp up gallons of water, sieving out food and nutrients as they go,...
A Third of the United States’ Rivers Have Changed Color Since 1984, Satellite Images Reveal
The transformation from blue to shades of yellow and green raises concerns that waterways have been increasingly imperiled since 1984
The Ocean Floor Is Spewing Methane Due to Abandoned Oil and Gas Wells
Out on the deck of a research boat, Tara Yacovitch looked out to the water. In the middle of the Gulf of Mexico, the seascape...
Battling America’s ‘dirty secret’
Climate change raises the risk from failing sewage systems. So Catherine Coleman Flowers is working for a new way to deal with waste.
These Items in Your Home Are Harming America’s Sea Animals
A new report examines how plastic waste affects marine wildlife.
Microplastics Are Increasing in Our Lives, New Research Finds
By Elizabeth Claire Alberts In 1997, Charles Moore was sailing a catamaran from Hawaii to California when he and his crew got stuck in windless...
‘More Blue’: An Artwork Shows the Sea Changing During Lockdown
A data-driven media installation, created to reflect marine conditions around the world, has altered with the slowing human activity.
Microplastic pollution in oceans vastly underestimated – study
The abundance of microplastic pollution in the oceans is likely to have been vastly underestimated, according to research that suggests there are at least double...