Home to about 3 million people, one of the world’s busiest airports and sensitive coastal ecosystems, Jamaica Bay is a lagoon bordered by Brooklyn and Queens at the southeastern edge of Long Island.

It can take several days for a large ship to unload its cargo. If the port doesn’t provide a clean power supply, pollution from the ships can be harmful to nearby communities.

Shinnecock tribe collaborate with scientists to restore shoreline devastated by Hurricane Sandy.

A Texas A&M anthropology professor is part of a team that examined how humans have changed everything about our planet.

Technological advances are allowing commercial fishing fleets to double their fishing power every 35 years and put even more pressure on dwindling fish stocks, new research has found.

The small but mighty flaxseed has many health benefits for humans, as well as other important uses.

Short of the advent of quantum singularity seen in the fusion drives of futuristic movies, there is really no renewable energy answer other than liquid biofuels.

In the 1920s, scientists identified aurora trout as a new species native only to northeastern Ontario.

Plastics in our waste streams are breaking down into tiny particles, causing potentially catastrophic consequences for human health and our aquatic systems, finds research from the University of Surrey and Deakin’s Institute for Frontier Materials in a new study published by Journal of Water Research.

Researchers find that large green spaces like parks and wetlands help maintain groundwater levels and support habitats among other benefits.