Initially believed to be a cold, arid grassland, the stretch more resembled the modern-day Yukon-Kuskokwim floodplain.
An undersea wonderland some 80 miles off the New England coast that bursts with a biodiversity so bountiful that it’s dubbed ...
Nitrogen is essential for all life on Earth. In the global oceans, however, this element is scarce, and nitrogen availability is therefore critical for the growth of marine life. Some bacteria found ...
A dramatic transformation is taking place in the South Pacific, where a newly formed volcanic island is emerging from the ...
Most people probably think of glaciers as massive blocks of white ice. But many glaciers have dark patches because of the ...
Among the myriad creatures that populate our ocean, some stand out as having an outsized impact on the marine ...
Glaciers are huge white ice masses that can reflect a lot of sunlight. However, especially where the glaciers are not covered ...
Pigmented algae are well adapted to grow on exposed ice in the Arctic as the snowline recedes, raising concerns of a feedback ...
A health alert has been issued for harmful blue-green algae toxins in several lakes around Orange County, according to a news ...
It's spring, the sun is shining and something is about to happen with the plankton in the cold waters of the Arctic Ocean.
Arctic daily sea ice extent continued to hover near record daily lows in January, with the ice edge well northward of its long-term average position in most areas. In contrast to the cold conditions ...