On a recent Sunday, Tracy Quinn drove down the Pacific Coast Highway to assess damage wrought upon the coastline by the ...

Chinese crime networks and Mexican cartels are using Canadian ports to trade highly lucrative fish bladders for the precursor ...

Scientists are worried about chemicals from burned materials (heavy metals, plastics, fire retardants) polluting the ocean.

But when the L.A. fires broke out, scientists aboard an NOAA ship inadvertently became the first investigators on the scene ...

Although the beaches remain open, health advisories prohibit or urge residents to avoid swimming, surfing or playing in the ocean water because of debris runoff from fire zones.

The study, by Mote Marine Laboratory, connects increased harmful algae blooms with the long-term acidification of Florida’s ...

Federal and state officials say the temporary sites for processing hazardous waste pose no threat, but residents are worried ...

The story started with a call from a professor at UC Santa Barbara who had found something during an unrelated underwater research mission. From that tip, ...

A prolonged red tide in 2018 lasted over 10 months. During this period red tide was extreme, killing thousands of fish in ...

Urban ash from the California wildfires that has settled across the state has now been found more than 100 miles offshore.