Top Story ‘Astounding’ ocean temperatures in 2023 intensified extreme weather, data shows Record levels of heat were absorbed last year by Earth’s seas, which have been warming year-on-year for the past decade.
Politics Craig Pittman: As ocean turns more acidic, Florida officials ignore warning signs Florida’s seafood industry’s concerns don’t matter to climate deniers in government.
Politics Rivers are drowning in toxic sludge Harmful algal blooms are taking over as the world warms and grows richer in carbon dioxide—and there’s no easy fix.
Newsletter DeSantis, Florida environmental protection agency attacked by watchdog The nonprofit Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility has again criticized what it calls Florida's lax environmental enforcement.
Resilience The weird way that human waste is killing corals Wastewater fuels blooms of reef-smothering algae. Better engineering and an army of funny-looking fish can come to the rescue.
California algae bloom is making sea lions aggressive, researchers say Hundreds of aggravated sea lions have emerged on Southern California beaches after consuming toxic algae, researchers say.
Politics New era begins for ‘dead zone’ tracking in Chesapeake Bay The main objective is to give Bay scientists a clearer understanding of where and when low-oxygen conditions occur.