AUCKLAND — Lest anyone think scientific conferences must be staid affairs, the International Coral Reefs Symposium closed with inspiration from none other than U.S. rap metal band Rage Against the Mac...

Masked men on a train got his silence. Bare-faced 5-year-olds got his 13 million MAGA followers.

Scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego reported today that carbon dioxide levels at Mauna Loa Observatory reached 432.00 parts per million (ppm) in...

Projects were deemed wasteful “because they related to Blacks, women, Jews, Asian Americans, and Indigenous people.”

Donald Trump set out to make America great again. Instead, he made everyone else remember they've got each other.

Record low levels of Antarctic sea ice are having grim consequences for penguins yet to grow waterproof feathers

We know what we need to do: stop climate change as quickly as possible. Now, with the Drawdown Explorer, we know how to do it.

The research solves a long-running puzzle in the understanding of octopus evolution that has confused scientists for decades.

Sixty three  years ago, on this day, March 22, 1960, viewers of a major US news channel were informed about carbon dioxide build-up and its implications. “The Mysterious Deep” aired on March 22 and Ap...

Over the next seven years, the U.S. Navy estimates its ships will injure or kill just two whales in collisions as it tests and trains in Hawaiian waters, and it concluded those exercises won’t signifi...

Five of the seven breached planetary boundaries are linked to food systems. By transforming production and adopting a “planetary health diet,” we can halve food-related climate emissions and prevent m...

The research activities NCAR and the NOAA labs in Boulder conduct are predominant sources of authoritative weather and climate data, forecasts of extreme weather and predictions of changes in clima…

Scientific Reports - Telemetry reveals potential mating aggregation behavior of tiger sharks (Galeocerdo cuvier) in Hawaiʻi

As the sliver of a new moon shines over Kāneʻohe Bay, Oʻahu, millions of tiny orbs ascend from a reef and swirl in the water column. These spheres are bundles of coral eggs and sperm responding to lun...

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So far, two expeditions have yielded 30 new species—and researchers say there's more to come

Decreased vaccination rates have led to measles outbreaks in Canada and other countries.

Most restoration programmes focus their efforts on increasing coral growth, but rarely ask whether the reef is actually functioning as a living ecosystem.

Ocean Ramsey is undoubtedly one of the most well-known “shark influencers”, whose videos show her free diving and touching wild great white and tiger sharks as she swims right up alongside them. Those...

Hurricane Melissa is on its way to Category 5 status after explosively intensifying. Here are 4 things you need to know right now about its strength, track, and impacts.

Acoustic technique could make it easier to monitor threat to marine life stemming from rising carbon emissions

The Fifth National Climate Assessment is the US Government’s preeminent report on climate change impacts, risks, and responses. It is a congressionally mandated interagency effort that provides the sc...

Cascadia and San Andreas fault zones appear to generate synchronized earthquakes

Jane Goodall, primatologist who transformed our understanding of the lives of apes, has died, according to an announcement from the Jane Goodall Institute.

The United States (US) has sufficient geological endowment in active metal mines to reduce the nation’s dependence on critical mineral imports. Demand is increasing for cobalt, nickel, rare earth elem...

UH researchers helped identify a newly discovered deep-sea coral species, nicknamed “Chewbacca” for its hairy branches.

A landmark agreement to curb billions of dollars in subsidies contributing to overfishing came into force on Monday, the World Trade…

ʻUlu, bia, uru, mā: Breadfruit has been lauded as a climate-resilient solution to world food security. That's not proving true in the Marshall Islands, where some have relied on it for centuries.

International climate experts have extensively debunked the D.O.E.’s recent report, but will science win out?

Panaon Island declared a Protected Seascape, supporting marine life and coastal communities.

Climate scientist Michael Mann called the report “a deeply misleading antiscientific narrative, built on deceptive arguments, misrepresented datasets, and distortion of actual scientific understanding...

The world's highest court Wednesday declared that states are obliged under international law to tackle climate change and warned that failing to do so could open the door to reparations.

Climate change is a slow-moving disaster. We need graphics that capture both its pace and its impact.

In its refusal to nationalise water, it’s clear the government operates in the interests of private capital and not of the country, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot