Rising Sea Levels Threaten Drinking Water Supplies for 15 Million East Coast...
The problem of sea level rise is usually discussed in terms of the dislocation of people away from coastlines, or even whole islands. But sea level rise has another dire impact: the loss of freshwater...
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Solar-Powered Water Treatment at Superfund Site Inspires Renewable Energy...
Photo via peasap via Flickr CC Superfund sites are hazardous waste areas that were once abandoned but have (finally) received funding for clean-up efforts. They're all over the US and are usually kept...
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Thousands of Dead Fish Wash Ashore in Massachusetts As Warm Water Depletes...
Thousands of dead Menhaden fish washed ashore on a beach in Fairhaven, MA, a first for the residents living there. The cause, according to marine fisheries, is a lack of oxygen due to warmer waters....
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Lobster Dieoffs Linked to Plastic Pollution, Including Bisphenol A
We know plastic pollution in the oceans is causing problems among marine life, including becoming a food source that is anything but nourishing. Plastic pieces are snapped up as food by birds, fish,...
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Ocean's Tiny Carbon "Vacuum Cleaners" More Important to Carbon Capture Than...
If you're a beach goer, you might recognize those little crystal- clear blobs that often wash up on the sand in the mornings as salps. While often mistaken for jellyfish, they're actually the ocean's...
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Great White Shark Circles Big Wave Surfer Chuck Patterson (Video)
A snapshot of the shark that was circling Patterson -- check out the full video below! Gizmodo points us to a crazy video from big wave surfer Chuck Patterson who apparently took Discovery's Shark...
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Worst Damage From the BP Spill May be Done in the Deep Sea
The challenges presented by the BP spill that we occupy ourselves with are too often surface deep: the oiled birds, soiled coastline, out of work tour guides, and political wrangling make for
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BP Spill Oil Already Entering the Gulf Food Chain
The recent discovery of trace amounts of oil in blue crab larvae has left experts forecasting dire news for the Gulf ecosystem. It's evidence that the oil from the spill loosed from the Deepwater...
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World's Largest Tidal Turbine Unveiled in Scotland - Yes, It's Humongous
There are some big tidal turbines out there, but none so massive as the one pictured above: The Atlantis Resources AK1000, just unveiled in Scotland and due to be installed at the European Marine...
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World's Sixth-Largest River Discovered Under the Black Sea
The broad and powerful Bosphorus defines Istanbul, splitting the city into two continents and
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Thailand Attempts to Solve Overfishing By Dumping Tanks, Trains and Trucks...
Thailand has decided to dump 27 army tanks, 273 old train carts, and 198 garbage trucks into the sea. It's a whole lot of scrap metal hitting the ocean floor, but it's all in an effort to create an...
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Ocean's Color Can Change Hurricane Patterns
Recent research shows that the color of the ocean can have a big influence on the occurence of hurricanes -- the greener the ocean, the more hurricanes. And that's a good thing.
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How Bad Is Overfishing & What Can We Do To Stop It?
By now you'd have to have been living on a desert island by yourself with an imaginary coconut companion to not know that overfishing is a serious problem for all the world's oceans. The good news is,...
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Relocation of 330,000 Residents Begins for China's Largest Water Project...
Photo via Le Grand Portage via Flickr CC China has a water problem. In fact, the only resource constraint standing in the way of their rampant growth is water. There just isn't enough of it,...
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Super Cheap Nanotech "Tea Bag" Cleans Water Instantly (Video)
Could a simple "tea bag" of carbon and antimacrobial fibers that costs just pennies be the solution for quickly filtered drinking water on the go? Scientists from Stellenbosch University in South...
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Submarine Communication Cables Called Upon for Climate Change Research
John Yuzhu You, a scientists at Sydney University, has called upon telecommunications companies to do something extraordinarily helpful -- let scientists use their undersea cables for oceanic climate...
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Nearly 80% of Oil From Gulf Spill Remains in Water, Threatens Ecosystem:...
A new report from the University of Georgia and the Georgia Sea Grant contends that the amount of oil remaining in the water in the wake of the Gulf oil spill is far higher than reported. In fact...
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We Waste How Much Water On Coal?!
We usually give coal the stink eye for the ways it harms the earth's surface when it is extracted, and the way it harms the earth's systems when it is burned. But we also need to hone in on the way...
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Melanin May Keep Corals Alive Through Climate Change
Australian researchers have made a breakthrough in understanding how corals keep their immune systems strong -- a breakthrough that could help scientists understand how corals can last through, or...
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Hawaiian Coral Saved by Freezing Sperm
As corals face a daily bashing through warm, polluted waters, the scientists at University
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