The Great Salt Lake has lost more than 15 billion cubic yards of water over the past three decades, is getting shallower at the rate of 4 inches a year, and an analysis of its water budget suggests ...

The Antarctic krill is a vital component of the marine ecosystem, symbolizing nature’s resilience. Their immense populations and critical position in the food web highlight the urgent need for ...

The world’s largest iceberg, A23a, has broken free after being stuck for over 30 years. Weighing nearly a trillion tonnes, it ...

While their impact on marine ecosystems has been widely studied, research on the effects of microplastics on land is lacking.

In Maine's Casco Bay, volunteers are working with scientists to restore eelgrass, an essential plan that some deem a canary in the coal mine for the marine ecosystem. Maine Public's Molly Enking ...

Micro/nanoplastics (MNPs), plastic particles and fibers with sizes ranging from nanometers (≥ 1 nm) to micrometers (≤ 5 mm) ...

A record heat wave has devastated Alaska's common murre population by killing half its numbers with little hope for recovery.

Climate change is reducing the nutritional value of plants due to rising CO2 levels, causing nutrient dilution and affecting the food web. • Faster-growing plants contain fewer nutrients like protein, ...

The "warm blob" marine heat wave has resulted in the death of 4 million common murres in Alaska, with the population not ...

While there are other animals that eat green crabs, their population only fell in an area of Central California when the ...

An Alaska seabird species faced the worst mortality event in modern history, and the population isn’t recovering, a study ...