Democrats and Republicans pushed back against the administration’s proposal to eliminate NOAA’s research office and monitoring stations across the globe.
Bottom trawlers drag giant nets across the ocean floor, releasing stored CO2 and killing up to 75 percent of the marine life unintentionally caught up in the process.
A new study finds that more than 70 percent of these protected zones are exposed to high levels of wastewater pollutants, making corals and other marine life more vulnerable to climate change.
