Discover Russia's rare and unique wildlife, including the only freshwater seals in the world, Arctic lemmings, and the ...

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 ...

A marine heat wave has killed approximately half of Alaska’s common murre population, marking the largest recorded die-off of a single species in modern history, research has found. The catastrophic ...