A huge stretch of the Southern Indian Ocean is rapidly losing its salt, and scientists warn this subtle shift could quietly disrupt global ocean currents and marine life in unexpected ways.

Until now, scientific literature has been saturated with studies on microplastics (MP, items smaller than 5 mm), but aspects ...

As the planet warms, many expected ecosystems to change faster and faster. Instead, a massive global study shows that species turnover has slowed by about one-third since the 1970s. Nature’s constant ...

Due to their shallow coastal habitat and aggressive behavior, they are considered among the most dangerous sharks.

As India and Bangladesh renegotiate the Ganga Water Sharing Treaty, rising salinity in the Sundarbans exposes the cost of upstream river control. Women’s labour, mangrove collapse, and delta erosion ...

Interest in the value of natural environments' carbon sequestration services has steadily increased over the past two decades. Consequently, there has been ...

Han’s team estimates that the area covered by salty seawater in this Southern Indian Ocean region has shrunk by about 30% over the past 60 years. They describe it as the fastest freshening seen ...

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources wants public input about proposed rules related to daily and possession limits ...

By aligning business goals with the well-being of communities and ecosystems, companies can create a future for technology, agriculture and society to grow together.

A new global dryland assessment using long-term satellite observations reveals widespread vegetation greening over the past two decades, reversing long-held expectations of accelerating ...

Extreme rainfall is reshaping coastal waters along South Korea's shoreline, flushing nutrients from land into the sea and fueling the growth of algal blooms. A new multi-year study, published in ...

A peer-reviewed paper published in Nature Ecology and Evolution argues that the steady loss of dissolved oxygen across the world’s oceans, lakes, and reservoirs qualifies as a tenth planetary boundary ...