January 6, 2019 Huge trash collection boom in Pacific Ocean breaks apart A trash collection device deployed to corral plastic litter floating in the Pacific Ocean between California and Hawaii has broken apart and will be hauled back to dry land for repairs.
August 15, 2018 Blue-green toxic algae invades Florida river As Florida reels from the ‘red tide’ algae bloom on its Gulf Coast, a freshwater bloom on the other side of the state has caused blue-green toxic slime to invade the St. Lucie River.
August 14, 2018 Southern California actually 'breathes' water Researchers at the California Institute of Technology have gathered hundreds of satellite images from between 1992 and 2011. The images, turned into a GIF, show how the ground in the southern part of the world's fifth largest economy rises and falls when groundwater is pumped in and out of aquifers beneath the surface.
August 10, 2018 A weird water behavior that intrigued Da Vinci finally has an explanation In the 16th century, Leonardo da Vinci first described a fascinating phenomenon involving water that later became known as the hydraulic jump. And a mere five centuries later, scientists have finally explained why it happens.
July 24, 2018 Watch: Chinese skyscraper boasts 350-foot waterfall streaming down its side It sounds like something out of sci-fi cityscape—a massive waterfall plunging 350-feet along the side of skyscraper—but in China it’s reality.
July 17, 2018 Texas company builds new oyster reef after Hurricane Harvey devastated population Prestige Oysters, one of the nation’s leading oyster distributors, is planting 10,000 tons of limestone off the coast of Galveston County. The latest endeavor is the first new reef on a private lease in the area in about 40 years. Last year, Hurricane Harvey caused salinity levels to drop, leading to the widespread death of oysters in the area.
June 11, 2018 Cannibalistic great white shark eats relative as Virginia researchers watch A Virginia Institute of Marine Science research expedition ended up discovering more about great white shark behavior than the researchers may have anticipated: great whites are cannibals.
June 6, 2018 Incredible images of Canada's 'beauty berg' cause sensation Stunning images of a striking iceberg off the coast of Canada have caused a viral sensation.
May 18, 2018 Stunning NASA study shows humans are responsible for major changes to Earth's water availability A stunning new study from NASA highlights the impact humans are having on fresh water availability across the globe, mentioning climate change and several other factors.
April 23, 2018 NASA baffled by mysterious ice circles in Arctic A NASA aircraft has spotted something in the Arctic that it can't explain and it has "never seen before."
