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Intense tropical cyclones are one of the most devastating natural disasters in the world due to torrential rains, flooding, destructive winds, and coastal storm surges. New research revealed that since the 1980s, Category 4 and 5 hurricanes have been arriving three to four days earlier with each passing decade of climate change.

Since Rhode Island calls itself the Ocean State and hypes its beaches, it stands to reason its elected officials, business owners, residents, and visitors are concerned about the health of the planet’s marine waters, especially those that lap the local coastline and play host to squid and quahogs.

Iconic elkhorn and staghorn corals took the heaviest losses, and researchers say they are at risk of becoming “functionally extinct” in the Florida Reef.

Scientist Mike Marden has spent decades researching the East Coast's erosion and knows the local soils like few others – and he also knows things have to change. Aaron Smale continues a series on the slow destruction of Tairāwhiti.

DFO scientist reviewed sea surface temperatures in satellite data dating back 4 decades

“The ocean is for everyone,” states Alannah Vellacott, 33, after a morning of snorkeling amid thriving and vibrant coral that borders stark white-reef graveyards.

WASHINGTON — The Gulf Research Program (GRP) of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine announced today that seven scientists have been awarded Early-Career Research Fellowships in the Environmental Protection and Stewardship track.

Tropical coral reefs could end up being one of the first victims of climate change. The marine diversity hotspots are threatened and declining as a result of global warming, ocean acidification, a deterioration of water quality, as well as diseases of reef-building organisms, and their growth is unable to keep up with the projected rise in sea levels.

ORONO — When Bob Steneck came to the University of Maine in 1982, there were few marine ecologists in the state, and none interacted with fishermen.

New measurements of how boundary between onshore glacier and floating ice shelf glides back-and- forth could help predict melting.

Already the world's hottest coastal environment in the summer, the shallow sea between the Arabian peninsula and southwestern Iran continues to heat at a breathtaking pace.

Along the Asian coastlines there are many areas where rural communities experience alarming rates of sea level rises due to land subsidence up to 10 cm per year. This causes tremendous challenges on how to live there and protect these coasts.

Unlike almost any other archaeologist on earth, Jessi Halligan does her digging underwater.

With giant pincers and rough, spider-like legs, Caribbean king crabs don’t look like your typical heroes. Yet these crustaceans may be key to solving one of the world’s most pressing environmental problems: the decline of coral reefs.

Antarctica has been under heavy cloud cover, so NASA's Worldview coastline images are rare. Kris Van Steenbergen is relentlessly researching climate impacts in the Southern Ocean and West Antarctica. He may sound familiar as he broke the news of a massive iceberg wedged on a sea mountain in front of the Thwaites Glacier for 20 years finally lifted off due to warming ocean currents. I created several diaries sharing many of his tweets and researched what could go wrong in the highly vulnerable Amundsen Sea Bay as best I could.

The new measurement, which surpasses the previous record low maximum extent of Antarctic sea ice cover set in 1986, could be the start of a “long-term trend of decline,” the National Snow and Ice Data Center in the US said.

Newswise — Woods Hole, Mass. (Sept 25, 2023) -- The Gulf Stream transport of water through the Florida Straits has slowed by 4% over the past four decades, with 99% certainty that this weakening is more than expected from random chance, according to a new study.

Franz Josef Glacier has dramatically shrunk 500m in the past five years due to the "shocking" rise in ocean temperatures, an glacial expert says.

Known for carrying heart-stopping venom that can kill a person in 15 minutes, and for their ability to grow up to 10 feet long, box jellyfish have quite the reputation.

Bathymetric maps reveal stunning never before seen views of Ireland’s coastline.

Humans loathe the deadly impact of storm surge, and for good reason. But new research shows how juvenile tarpon and snook can actually benefit from it. In turn, scientists are learning how to design more eco-friendly developments that help the fish survive.

Miranda Gray is the newest waters resource specialist for Oregon Sea Grant and the Oregon State University Extension Service

The bots are coming for your local weather report.

A Rice's whale was just one of the rare sightings researchers found on the 2-month-long expedition.

Several Oregon State University researchers are receiving federal funding to study potential solutions for removing carbon dioxide in marine environments.