In emergencies, dumping ocean water on fires may be the best option. But seawater can have long-term effects on equipment and ecosystems, as a novel coastal experiment shows.

Firefighters battling the deadly wildfires that raced through the Los Angeles area in January 2025 have been hampered by a limited supply of freshwater. So, when the winds are calm enough, skilled ...

Five hundred years after the Spanish explorers, billionaires' dreams of new riches and discovery launched from near Canaveral ...

Eelgrass, a type of flowering seagrass found in temperate zones around the world, provides habitat for many species, protects ...

Canopy Power Australia and Ocean Sun, a Norwegian company specialising in floating solar technology, have revealed a ...

The House of Commons voted 352 to 75, majority 277, in favour of a Deposit Return Scheme for single-use plastic, steel and aluminium drinks containers. This is set to launch in October 2027, aligning ...

Beneath sandy beaches, microbes filter chemicals from groundwater and safeguard ocean health ... sheds light on how microbial communities in coastal groundwater respond to infiltrating seawater.

Garden eels looked like plants swaying underwater at a diving site in Bali. Footage shows the marine animals with their bottom end buried in the seabed soil while their heads reached upwards in ...

The trail stretches about five miles from Agate Beach to Newport's Historic Bayfront. Walkers and bikers wind through several ...

Urban fires pose particular threats to marine ecosystems. Debris and toxins released from the fires can damage kelp forests and lead to destructive algal blooms that snuff out ocean life. Now that Los ...

Gardeners know that small amounts of salt—added, say, as fertilizer—does not harm plants ... ocean water. And conditions there have been very dry, particularly compared with our East Coast ...