LOS ANGELES - After a major rainstorm like last week's downpour, Los Angeles beaches can start to resemble a landfill. Trash left on streets is swept into storm drains, carried through the city's ...

This experiment showed that the ice adhesion of unwashed polar bear fur is exceptionally low. While the often-accepted threshold for “icephobicity” is around 100 kPa, the unwashed fur measured as ...

The chemicals found in sunscreens are becoming an increasing presence in our ocean. But there are still significant gaps in ...

As wildfires grow more frequent and intense with climate change, and become a greater threat to cities, water utilities are ...

Fire debris and potentially toxic ash could make the water unsafe for surfers and swimmers, especially after rainfall that ...

The clownfish-anemone living arrangement is one of the most widely recognized examples of symbiosis. Researchers have made a ...

Among the myriad creatures that populate our ocean, some stand out as having an outsized impact on the marine environment—shaping and maintaining habitats that themselves sustain countless other forms ...

If you search "lymph + toxins," there are all kinds of odd search returns ... “the Amazon river of all lymph vessels,” the thoracic duct; and then, on into the ocean—the bloodstream. No doubt, before ...

Chemicals in synthetic hair is a growing concern for consumers of wigs and extensions, a $6.13 billion market in 2021 that's expected to grow by 8% over the next decade. There is a deep-rooted ...

Fish, sea bird and marine mammal kills can start when ... and the organism that causes the toxic outbreaks exists naturally off the coast of Southwest Florida. But scientists say red tide ...

(CBS12) — Microplastics have been found in oceans, rivers ... He explains that everyday items contain a myriad of chemicals and toxins, including polymers, additives, flame retardants ...