Visitors to the Tennessee aquarium may be shocked to learn that the Christmas tree is being powered by an unusual renewable energy source - an electric eel.
The sperm whale washed up on a Scottish beach with a stomach full of rope, netting and plastic. “What was unusual in this case was the sheer volume,” a local expert said.
Ocean temperatures are on the rise and warming waters are causing fish to swim for their lives, causing financial disruption and international conflicts.
During the Cold War, the United States detonated 67 nuclear bombs on, in and above the Marshall Islands. The U.S. also conducted a dozen biological weapons tests and dumped 130 tons of irradiated soil, now vulnerable to rising seas.
For divers, the millions of harmless jellyfish in an Indonesian lake are must-see novelties. For scientists, the warmer, more acidic and less oxygenated water is “a projection of our future climate.”
The Silent Spring prophecy that pesticides could "still the leaping of fish" has been confirmed, according to scientists investigating the collapse of fisheries in Japan. They say similar impacts are likely to have occurred around the world.
Farmed fish at Tesco, Sainsbury's, Aldi, Lidl, Co-op, Tesco, Asda, Iceland, Morrison's, Waitrose and Marks & Spencer linked to destructive practices in Asia and Africa.
Last month the Cook Islands government dismissed the director of the world's biggest mixed-use marine protected area (MPA), which is called Marae Moana.
In response to pressures from the international community, Mexico has agreed to take more steps to prevent the porpoises' extinction — but with fewer than 20 remaining, will that be enough?
Mercury and cyanide contamination from industrial mining activities make the Atrato the most polluted river in Colombia and a clean-up operation promised back in 2016 has yet to materialize.
Researchers say federal agencies use highly inaccurate tests to estimate exposure to BPA—findings that extend to multiple other harmful chemicals that get into our bodies
American industry, aided by federal regulators, is conducting a large-scale, consequential experiment with our hormones and the developing brains and reproductive systems of our children.
The Ohio River Valley, like the rest of the U.S., stands at a crossroads of energy and industry, facing decisions about whether to turn toward a future of renewable energy and a green jobs revolution or one of shale gas and plastics.
