Breaking waves send organic waste into the air along with sea spray.

Scientists studying diseases threatening amphibian, reptile and fish populations now can report findings on a new online portal.

It turns out that sea levels might not rise as high as previously estimated.

Researchers from the University of California-Davis recently found a fourth gene that determines how wheat plants flower after experiencing a freeze.

Researchers from Rice University have a new way of harvesting sunlight for energy, and it involves using light-activated gold nanoparticles.

You would think that deforestation eliminates bird's homes and inevitably reduces species' populations.

Between less winter snowfall, increased evaporation and the lengthened period of drought occurring in the Pacific Northwest, amphibians are stressing as they lose their mountain pond habitats.

It turns out that allowing trawl nets to drag deep below the ocean, and other forms of deep-sea fishing that scoop up or kill many species, is a real threat to marine environments and vulnerable sp

Being exposed to air pollution affects children's school performance, according to researchers from the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) who studied fourth and fifth graders in the El Paso Ind

Dust particles from the deserts of Mongolia and northern China are blown eastward to the Pacific during strong storms, where they then settle in the ocean for phytoplankton to feed on.