New calculations made by marine chemists from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) suggest that low-oxygen "dead zones" in the ocean could expand significantly over the next century.Concentrations of carbon dioxide are increasing rapidly>

The spectre of an ocean floor littered with dead shellfish,rock fish,sea stars and other marine life off the Oregon coast spurred Mark Snyder,a climate change expert,to investigate whether California's coast faced a similar calamity.It could,>>>>>>>>>

Space may be the final frontier,but scientists who recently discovered a hidden forest in Mozambique show the uncharted can still be under our noses.An expedition to the site discovered new species of butterfly and snake,along with seven globally threaten

Emperor penguins,whose long treks across Antarctic ice to mate have been immortalised by Hollywood,are heading towards extinction,scientists say.Based on predictions of sea ice extent from climate change models the penguins are likely to see their number

Norwegian communities and conservationists today launched a campaign to ban oil exploration and development from parts of their Arctic coast,linking up with WWF-supported campaigns already underway in Alaska and Russia to protect vulnerable fisheries and>

Soot is darkening ice in the Arctic and speeding a melt that could make the ocean around the North Pole ice-free in summer well before 2050,experts said on Tuesday.Soot or black carbon darkens the ice and makes it soak up more heat,accelerating a melt >>

Good news has turned out to be bad.The ocean has helped slow global warming by absorbing much of the excess heat and heat-trapping carbon dioxide that has been going into the atmosphere since the start of the Industrial Revolution.All that extra carbon di

How best to map 'boreal' or northern forest with spaceborne radar is the focus of an ESA campaign currently underway in northern Sweden.By answering this question,the campaign addresses one of the key objectives of the candidate Earth Explorer BIOMASS>>

Dolly spun into a hurricane Tuesday,heading toward the U.S.-Mexico border and the heavily populated Rio Grande Valley.Dolly was upgraded from a tropical storm Tues. afternoon with sustained winds near 75 mph,and some strengthening of the Category 1 storm

Highly enriched uranium,a key component for building nuclear weapons,is vulnerable to theft and its continued civil use endangers public safety.Tell the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to end the civil use of highly enriched uranium before the August 11th>>