In a new survey of the sub-seafloor off the U.S. Northeast coast, scientists have made a surprising discovery: a gigantic aquifer of relatively fresh water trapped in porous sediments lying below the salty ocean.

Do you eat fruits and vegetables? What about nuts? If so, you can thank an insect pollinator, usually a honey bee.

The general long-term forecast for California as climate change intensifies: more frequent droughts, intermittently interrupted by years when big storms bring rain more quickly than the water infrastructure can handle.

Tennessee’s Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport has become the first airport in the United States to run entirely on solar power.

Snowflakes that cover mountains or linger under tree canopies are a vital freshwater resource for over a billion people around the world.

LSU College of the Coast & Environment Distinguished Professor Emeritus John Day has collaborated with archeologists on a new analysis of societal development. 

Marine protected areas (MPAs) are well known for protecting biodiversity, but their effects on people who use the oceans are debated.

Alyson Brown, a student at the Atlantic Veterinary College, will spend the summer working on a research project investigating the impact of accelerated climate change on Atlantic salmon aquaculture in Atlantic Canada.

A collaborative approach involving various levels of government and regional experts is needed to better understand, and protect, Saskatoon’s Swale ecosystems.

Researchers who took a closer look at a 1995 tsunami in the Gulf of Elat-Aqaba, at the northeastern tip of the Red Sea, say that the gulf’s surrounding countries should prepare for future tsunami hazards in the economically developing vital region.