An earlier spring may sound nice, unless you're a New England lobster.

New findings reveal that as coastal waters in the northeastern U.S. continue to warm—bottom temperatures in Long Island Sound have increased 0.7°F per decade over the last 40 years—resident lobsters are becoming increasingly susceptible to epizootic shell disease, a condition that has depleted the southern New England population and severely impacted the local lobster fishery.

Be it heavy downpours or super-hot spells, summer weather becomes more persistent in North America, Europe and parts of Asia.

Many people rely on contact lenses to improve their vision. But these sight-correcting devices don’t last forever — some are intended for a single day’s use — and they are eventually disposed of in various ways.

NOAA and partner scientists speaking Friday, August 17, at the Goldschmidt annual international conference on geochemistry reported their research is finding that coastal waters and river estuaries are more vulnerable to ocean acidification than offshore waters.

Fishing bans don’t have to hurt fishing communities, according to a new study led by Stanford researchers.

They’re impossible to see with the naked eye. They’re difficult to pronounce.

Scientists have revisited – and confirmed – one of the most famous textbook examples of evolution in action.

The Amazon River is slowly stealing a 40,000-square-kilometer (25,000-square-mile) drainage basin from the upper Orinoco River, according to new research suggesting this may not be the first time the world’s largest river has expanded its territory by poaching from a neighbor.

When it comes to aerosol pollution, as the old real estate adage says, location is everything.

A first-of-its-kind global study shows that children in 27 developing countries have better nutrition--when they live near forests.