When you're on a sandy beach or the banks of a river, transformed by rolling waves or slightly still waters, it's likely ...

Engineers have created a sophisticated computer model that tracks how water moves in estuaries -- which is critical for evaluating climate variability and sea level fluctuation impacts for coastal ...

In a cross-sectional study, researchers assessed the link between marine microplastic levels in ocean water and the prevalence of cognitive, mobility, self-care, and independent living-associated ...

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The consequences are equally wide-ranging: pollution in the marine environment can threaten the livelihoods of coastal communities and associated industries, pose a risk to human health through ...

A trio of environmental scientists at the Mediterranean Institute for Advanced Studies Consejo Superior de Investigaciones ...

In order to give you context for this ongoing challenge, this Spotlight guides you through both the basics of marine mammals and the fundamental sources of acoustic pollution in their habitat.

Human activities are threatening the health of the world's oceans. More than 80 percent of marine pollution comes from land-based activities. From coral bleaching to sea level rise, entire marine ...

“From an economic point of view, massive marine plastic pollution may bring us to rethink our economic models, based on raising consumption levels and a high throughput of resources, and our throwaway ...

Human-made aerosols cool the climate more than expected by altering cloud properties, revealing gaps in current climate ...

The Laboratory assists Member States in assessing coastal and marine pollution and improving seafood safety by developing and validating analytical methods for the measurement of contaminants, ...