The combined effects of climate change and air pollution have led to direct declines in precipitation in the U.S. Southwest, ...

The researchers drew their conclusions by abandoning popular climate models that they said in recent years have not ...

(CFS) and Wild Fish Conservancy (WFC) filed a lawsuit against Pacific Seafood Aquaculture, LLC, for multiple violations of ...

To find out how destructive negligence and indifference are, it is enough to move between Hawaii and California and see the ...

Although its land area is modest – only 1.7 square kilometers – Clipperton’s strategic and ecological significance is ...

President Donald Trump’s order to re-open distant, protected Pacific waters to U.S. fishing fleets followed years of dire warnings by the region’s commercial seafood interests.

Two areas being targeted for deep sea mining in the Pacific Ocean are home to dolphins and threatened whales, a new scientific survey reveals. Sperm whales, listed as vulnerable by the IUCN, are ...

Pacific island nations tap indigenous know-how to safeguard ocean health Among the measures being taken are a ban on fishing and mining activities in vast marine protected areas Reading Time:5 minutes ...

News about Water Pollution, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

A cargo ship that was carrying more than 3,000 new vehicles to Mexico capsized and sank in the North Pacific Ocean off Alaska weeks after it caught fire.

Industry Pollution Alters North Pacific Ocean Life University of Hawaiʻi Iron is essential for the growth of microscopic phytoplankton in the ocean-the foundation of the aquatic food web.