GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) -- Federal authorities have declared the West Coast ocean salmon fishery a failure, opening the way for Congress to appropriate economic disaster assistance for coastal ...
A 500-year-old shipwreck has been found off the coast of Namibia laden with tons of copper ingots, elephant tusks, gold coins, and cannons to fend off pirates.
ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Researchers in Ivory Coast are asking $1 million for a three-headed hybrid coconut tree they believe could substantially boost the tropical nut's yield.
STATE COLLEGE, Pa., May 12 (UPI) -- A U.S. meteorological service is predicting a near average number of hurricanes this year, but with an increased risk of storms along the U.S. East Coast.
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There is a strong correlation between recent hypoxia events off the Northwest coast and increasing acidification, Hales said.
“The hypoxia is caused by persistent upwelling that produces an over- ...
An international team of scientists surveying the waters of the continental shelf off the West Coast of North America has discovered for the first time high levels of acidified ocean water within 20 ...
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Restrictions by U.S. east coast states on harvesting horseshoe crabs, whose eggs provide food for endangered migrating shore birds, have boosted the animal's population after ...
The West Coast’s metropolitan areas had among the lowest carbon emissions per capita in the country in 2005, according to a new ranking of 100 urban areas.
(AP) -- Researchers predict a "dead zone" of oxygen-depleted waters off the Louisiana and Texas coasts could grow this summer to 10,084 square miles, making it the largest such expanse in at least 23 ...
NOAA will lead a research expedition July 7-26 to study the wrecks of three German submarines sunk by U.S. forces in 1942 off the coast of North Carolina during the Battle of the Atlantic.
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The algae plaguing China's Olympic sailing venue is spreading to other ports and beaches along the coast, state media has reported, despite official claims that the battle is being won.
Another white humpback has been sighted off Byron Bay on the east coast of Australia.
In a study of parasites living in three estuaries on the Pacific coast of California and Baja California, researchers have determined that biomass of these parasites exceeds that of top predators, in ...
ANCONA, Italy, July 24 (UPI) -- Archeologists said a 2,600-year-old tomb found on the Italian coast offers clues to ancient trade routes.
HAVANA (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Fay raked Cuba's southern coast with gusty winds and heavy rains on Sunday and was expected to move ashore overnight before heading to Florida as a likely hurricane.
