AUSTIN, Texas — The city of Austin has issued a warning to be on the lookout for blue-green algae in local waterways. Austin Watershed Protection employees have observed the harmful cyanobacteria in ...

Helicopters. Cargo containers. Old washing machines. For years, fishermen dumped this waste into the Gulf of Mexico. But they ...

Coral reefs cover less than 1% of the ocean floor, but have some amazing superpowers. The next 10 years are a critical window for action to save our reefs.

Microplastics have become a hot topic in environmental science — and a reliable source of alarming headlines. A new study reports a nifty approach to removing them using genetically engineered ...

A massive algae bloom stretches for miles in the Caloosahatchee with experts IDing a strain linked to grave illness. Drought, pollution likely to blame.

Before a swim in a lake or a walk through a creek, few people think about bacteria or toxins from algae. But what lives in ...

To find new ways to shield hair from heat, sunlight and air pollution, researchers in Brazil are turning to vegan-friendly ...

Allison McNamara launched the algae-infused brand MARA Beauty in 2018 looking to give customers "high-performance skincare in as few steps as possible." ...

Extreme rainfall is reshaping coastal waters along South Korea's shoreline, flushing nutrients from land into the sea and fueling the growth of algal blooms. A new multi-year study, published in ...

Researchers developed aluminum structures that trap air bubbles, making them able to float perpetually in even the harshest environments.

Scientists created a large open database that uses light patterns to help satellites detect plastic in oceans more accurately from space.