Steps need to be started urgently to clean up the petrol pollution left behind in South Durban by BP and Shell.

A new study led by researchers at the University of Hawaii (UH) at Mānoa published in Nature Communications is the first of ...

Drilling for minerals deep in the ocean could have immense consequences on the tiny animals at the core of the vast ocean ...

Scientists caution that unchecked mining could disrupt ocean food webs from the depths to dinner plates worldwide.

In the sunsoaked sands of Florida’s Forgotten Coast, a simple family outing turned into an unexpected lesson on nature’s ...

Humans take more than 22,000 breaths a day and experts say the quality of the air we breathe is important. The World Health Organization (WHO) reports more than 90% of children breathe air so polluted ...

Thousands of households in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo rely on Lake Albert for their daily water needs and for fish, and it provides key habitat for unique wildlife like shoebills ...

Some 170 trillion pieces of plastic are floating on the planet’s oceans — and scientists revealed for the first time that it could take more than century for them sink or disappear, even if we stopped ...

A new study has identified Texas as the likely source for nurdle plastic pollution on Texas and Mexico beaches. The study was led by a University of Texas Marine Science Institute graduate student, ...

A record oversupply of oil will be bigger than previously estimated and the excess is already starting to build up on ocean going tankers, the IEA said. Image by Gastonuribe7 via iStock A record ...

He said the move became necessary following years of pollution and neglect suffered by host communities due to the reckless operations of multinational oil companies. Falana made the vow on Friday, in ...

State Attorney General Liz Murrill has asked the federal government to drop a $128 million lawsuit against insurance companies over the longest-running spill in U.S. history — leaking off Louisiana's ...