Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. As we plunge into Earth’s sixth stage of mass extinction (that ...

Researchers have proposed that the rapid loss of dissolved oxygen in oceans, lakes, and rivers qualifies as a 10th planetary ...

Methane—a greenhouse gas far more potent than carbon dioxide—plays a major role in controlling the Earth's climate. But methane concentrations in the atmosphere today are 150% higher than before the ...

The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. This article was updated April 10, 2024, with the EPA issuing the first federal drinking ...

Highly stable and easily diffused through wind or ocean currents, microplastics have quickly become ubiquitous in nature, as a consequence of multiple anthropogenic activities. Their accumulations in ...

Washington, DC—The International Whaling Commission (IWC) was founded to regulate whaling. Today, it increasingly focuses on the value of live whales for planetary health. A new workshop report ...

(Beyond Pesticides, March 11, 2021) A Portland State University (PSU) study finds that pesticides from the forestry industry threaten clams, mussels, oysters (bivalves) along the Oregon state coast.

Scientists have discovered a newly identified marine fungus that can infect and kill toxic algae responsible for harmful ...

The Constitutional Court of Ecuador ruled that coastal marine ecosystems have legal rights that must be protected, potentially requiring stricter limits on human activities like industrial fishing.

Methane emissions from aquatic ecosystems are potentially a larger source of methane than direct anthropogenic methane sources, such as agriculture or fossil fuel combustion. Aquatic ecosystems and ...

Judith Rosentreter receives funding from the Hutchinson Environmental Program, Yale University. Ben Poulter receives funding from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Bradley Eyre ...