NOAA research shows it would take the average tree more than 1500 years to sequester the amount of carbon dioxide a whale can ...

Scientists map microplastics across ocean depths, revealing their deep spread, persistence, and potential climate impact.

The ocean has absorbed about 30% of carbon dioxide emissions from human activities since the Industrial Revolution, significantly slowing the pace of climate change. But as emissions continue to rise, ...

A new study suggests that the Earth’s oceans may have changed color over time and could change again in the future, depending ...

We are so used to the oceans being blue we use it as a signifier everyone recognizes on maps. However, the color is not ...

As part of The World's ongoing series The Big Fix, Host Carolyn Beeler speaks with Susanna Lidström, a researcher at the KTH ...

As the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere continues to accelerate, trees, plants and even the ocean’s tiny plankton ...

When bottom trawls are dragged across the seafloor, they stir up sediments. This not only releases previously stored organic ...

The amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has continued to accelerate, increasing by a record amount last year. Trees, plants and tiny plankton in the ocean all convert CO2 into the oxygen we ...