The Arctic is thawing. The Northwest Passage is changing. More ships are moving through the waterway.

A group of international conservationists is urging governments across the globe to adopt a new approach to address the impact of economic development on the natural world.

Researcher says the study establishes a reasonable estimate of global forest restoration potential and addresses the issue more directly than previous work.

Scientists say a failure of national management means excessive amounts of harmful chemicals—many now banned in other countries such as the EU, USA and Canada—are damaging the nation’s waterways and the Great Barrier Reef.

Scientists have linked the decline in Arctic sea ice to the emergence of a deadly virus that could threaten marine mammals in the North Pacific, according to a study from the University of California, Davis.

Trillions of plastic fragments are afloat at sea, which cause large “garbage patches” to form in rotating ocean currents called subtropical gyres. 

Climatologically quiet, the North Indian Ocean basin has seen an unusually high number of cyclones this year.

Scientists hope to learn more about the atmosphere of the pre-oxygenated Earth and the conditions in which the first life on Earth lived.

We must be vigilant about emerging issues that could affect our waterways flowing into the Great Barrier Reef lagoon.

A new global assessment shows that human impacts have greatly reduced plant-fungus symbioses, which play a key role in sequestering carbon in soils. Restoring these ecosystems could be one strategy to slow climate change.