Bacteria hitchhiking on marine snow can dissolve its calcium carbonate ballast, slowing the particles’ descent.

In some parts of the deep ocean, it can look like it's snowing. This "marine snow" is the dust and detritus that organisms slough off as they die and decompose. Marine snow can fall several kilometers ...

In this world, plastic is the most stubborn waste. Normally, the plastic waste gets disposed of via municipal collection, ...

Sunlight hits tiny particles of plastic floating in a clear water solution. Slowly, they begin to disappear, leaving behind a ...

(nrd/Unsplash) Say hello to ionocaloric cooling. It's a new way to lower temperatures, with the potential to replace existing ...

A new leaf imaging system lets scientists watch plant stomata control water loss and carbon uptake in real time.

But that's how the majority of sand needed to make the world's most-used building material is harvested, and the reserves are ...

Learn how bacteria inside marine snow may dissolve shell minerals and influence how the ocean stores carbon.

In the past two months, the Island’s seen more than one snowstorm or full-on blizzard, frigid temperatures that froze ponds, and wind chills that drew tears from the eyes. In this moment, climate ...