Scientists say the remote atolls teem with life across habitats, and may serve as reference to what has been lost elsewhere.
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CONWAY — Lowering the level of lakes, called drawdowns, is common in New Hampshire. Madison's Silver Lake was taken down a few weeks ago, and …
The sea star was documented on the seafloor of the Mar del Plata Submarine Canyon, off Argentina.
The Antarctic ice sheet’s future depends how a chain of events plays out. A new study finds the evidence points in one direction.
Clear waters in Moultonborough’s Lake Kanasatka this summer strengthened residents’ hopes that an expensive, last-ditch chemical treatment undertaken several years ago was paying off. This year has been a “beautiful” one on the lake, said waterfront resident Kevin Kelly. Conditions have improved each year since the treatment was applied in 2024, after anguish and health […]
By Stephen Beech The very deepest depths of the ocean have become a dumping ground for human litter, reveals new research. Food wrappers, plastic cups and even a rubber boot were found thousands of feet below the surface in the Mar del Plata Submarine Canyon, 180 miles off the coast of Argentina. Scientists say the […]
An international team of polar scientists has produced the most complete picture of ice loss from Greenland and Antarctica to date.
Scientists went to the heart of the El Niño pattern to learn from living and fossil corals. The results show El Niño’s intensifying coincides with global warming.
Suicide Basin, an ice-dammed lake on an arm of Mendenhall Glacier, has filled up with meltwater and sent destructive surges of water into Juneau for 3 straight summers.
Communities and entrepreneurs are experimenting with ways to turn this nuisance into a valuable resource.