The Great Pacific Garbage Patch has long been described in terms of scale. In the waters between Hawaii and California, ...

Scientists now estimate that around 8M tons of plastic waste pour into the ocean every year, forming swirling gyres of debris that behave like slow-motion tornadoes in water. These spirals of trash ...

In the ocean, a haze made from tiny bits of dead plants, animals, and microbes hangs in the upper reaches of the water. Each particle is just a fraction of a micrometer across, but together the carbon ...

KALISPELL, Mont. — The University of Montana Flathead Lake Biological Station received $9.5 million over five years for new research. The Subtropical Underwater Biogeochemistry and Subsurface Export ...

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, or GPGP for short, isn't exactly what you might have heard. It's not a floating garbage land-mass twice the size of Texas that you can settle, even though it kind of ...

The first tropical storm of 2025 could spin up before the official start of the Atlantic hurricane season, kicking off what is predicted to be a dynamic year for hurricanes. Around the middle of May, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Just like you might plant seeds in your garden, the way tropical storms and hurricanes form can come from different types of ...