An international study published in Nature Water has uncovered wide-spread sewage pollution in urban harbors across five continents. The researchers used molecular techniques on harbor water samples that use human-gut microbial
To mitigate climate change, human-made carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions must be reduced as quickly and drastically as possible. Additionally, some of the CO2 already emitted needs to be safely removed from
The Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Australia is the largest living coral reef system on Earth, about 300 times larger than the next largest reef, found off the coast
Scientists around the world rely on ocean monitoring tools to measure the effects of climate change. Researchers at the University of Alaska Fairbanks and their industry partners have advanced the technology
Some A$13 billion in taxpayer dollars and 30 years of policy reform have failed to arrest the devastating decline in the health of Australia’s most important river system, the Murray-Darling Basin,
During the global COVID-19 lockdown, many people found solace in the great outdoors. They had the time to seek out nature-based activities, and being outside offered a safe way to social
We know less about the bottom of the Great Lakes than we do about the surface of Mars, according to Jennifer Boehme.
Norway has suspended plans to start giving licenses for deep-sea mining next year that had faced opposition from environment groups and international institutions, a party allied with the center-left government said
Coral adaptation to ocean warming and marine heatwaves will likely be overwhelmed without rapid reductions of global greenhouse gas emissions, according to an international team of scientists.
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