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Tiny plastic particles drifting through the oceans may be quietly weakening one of Earth’s most powerful climate defenses.

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As Earth warms due to climate change, oceans are heating up, becoming more acidic, and losing oxygen. These changes threaten ...

She played a key role in negotiating a landmark United Nations treaty to protect the high seas, an agreement that went into ...

A group of German scientists tested the effects of a more acidic ocean on sharks' teeth and found that future generations of ...

Trump's calls for a takeover of Greenland puts open scientific collaboration that is helping our understanding of the threat ...

Ocean damage has been missing from climate math. A new study shows how counting it nearly doubles the cost of carbon ...

From the column: "How can we stop ignoring facts about climate change and commit ourselves to creating a more resilient and ...

Meet the network saving federal environmental data. But, as Trump enters his second year, how long can this effort last?

Over two decades after negotiations began, the High Seas Treaty is designed to protect biodiversity in international waters ...

The world’s first legally binding agreement to protect marine life in international waters takes effect Saturday ...