An influx of salt from both land and sea and a warming world are condemning the world's rivers, streams and estuaries to a ...

The Earth is absorbing more sunlight and trapping more heat than it releases into space, causing our planet to warm up at an ...

Mining of polymetallic nodules from the seabed might lead to significant and long-lasting ecological changes -- both in the mined area, where surface sediments and the fauna living in and on it are ...

A catastrophic collision between a US military-chartered oil tanker and a cargo ship carrying sodium cyanide in the North Sea has triggered massive fires, toxic spills, and fears of an environmental ...

The deep-sea, covering more than 60% of the Earth's surface, is a realm of mystery. It hosts a diverse range of geological features, which are all subject ...

A container ship hit a stationary U.S.-flagged oil tanker on Monday, forcing the crews to abandon ship. A search for a ...

The ocean is Earth’s last great mystery, a vast, uncharted world teeming with lifeforms we have yet to encounter. And now, scientists have uncovered a new ... Continue Reading → ...

A humpback anglerfish, usually found deep underwater, was filmed near the surface. The amazed scientists and sparked online ...

PM showers salmon farmers with treats. People alive today have produced most of the world’s greenhouse gases. Weekly ...

In February, researchers from conservation organisation Condrik Tenerife were about two kilometres off the coast of Tenerife Island, looking for sharks, when they caught sight of something much ...

As can happen when mammoth projects are planned in Indigenous communities, Brazil Potash's plans are sparking fears of ...

Discover more about sand mining, where it occurs, and why the process damages the environments in which it is carried out in ...