As the nation’s energy industry evolves, fisheries scientists and anglers alike wonder if offshore wind infrastructure will ...

Coastal models enhance understanding of future flooding frequency on atoll islands, paving the way to explore the limits of adaptation in the face of rising sea levels and climate change.

We still know very little about the ecology of mesophotic ecosystems, but they support long-lived protected species that form ...

The Chinese military has landed on the uninhabited disputed Sandy Cay reef in the South China Sea. It is located just a few ...

Beneath the towering Guadalupe Mountains of Texas lies a dramatic story of transformation. Once part of an ancient sea, the ...

The most severe global coral bleaching event ever recorded is underway, with most of the world's reefs hit by damaging heat ...

Here are six points describing its appearance: The atolls, such as Kanton and Orona ... Beyond the shallow reefs, the area plunges into the deep Pacific, with waters transitioning from shallow ...

They then examined the core, which is made up of hundreds of layers of coarse particles that have been transported from the nearby atoll reef by storm waves and surges. The storm deposits have a ...

To i?s south-west lie the submerged atoll-shaped reefs known as Pitt's Bank and Centurion's Bank, to its north lies the huge submerged atoll known as the Great Chagos Bank. It is an interesting ...

School officials at Norfolk High School are raising alarms over a growing trend among seniors that they say is putting students — and the broader community — at risk. In an email sent to ...

Belize's Great Blue Hole is one of Earth's most mysterious features. Anyone peering into the 125 metre (410ft) deep pit will wonder what secrets and stories lie beneath. Now, scientists have ...