Until 1970, the US dumped an estimated 17,000 tons of unspent chemical weapons from World War I and II off the coast of the Atlantic Ocean—and that disposal decision continues to haunt commercial ...

Models show that as the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation gets weaker, the Gulf Stream will drift northwards. There ...

IAEA Collaborating Centres are institutions selected to support the agency’s mission of promoting safe and peaceful applications of nuclear science and technology.

Earth experienced a period of intense, large-scale volcanism during the early Aptian. Around that time, it also experienced widespread ocean deoxygenation during the Oceanic Anoxic Event 1a (OAE1a) as ...

Marine ecosystems are facing intensifying environmental stress from rising carbon dioxide levels, record-breaking marine ...

Winter School lecturer Sam Dupont, from the University of Gothenburg, demonstrates a technique for an experiment on sea urchin fertilization. (Photo ...

Pouring 65,000 litres of sodium hydroxide into the Gulf of Maine removed up to 10 tonnes of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere without harming wildlife, according to the researchers behind an ocean al ...

The IAEA is training early-career scientists to assess the impacts of ocean acidification and pollution, helping countries respond to environmental changes. Marine biodiversity faces growing pressure ...

A critical measure of the ocean’s health suggests that the world’s marine systems are in greater peril than scientists had previously realized and that parts of the ocean have already reached ...

While many people are scared of sharks thanks to their rows of razor-sharp teeth, the changing waters might be rendering the creatures from “Jaws” a little less fearsome. Growing acidity in the ...

A blacktip reef shark swims at Sealife Oberhausen in Oberhausen, Germany. PORTLAND, Maine — Sharks are the most feared predators in the sea, and their survival hinges on fearsome teeth that regrow ...

PORTLAND, Maine — Sharks are the most feared predators in the sea, and their survival hinges on fearsome teeth that regrow throughout their lives. But changes in the ocean's chemistry could put those ...