Earth's ocean absorbs carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, helping to temper the impact of climate change but increasing ocean ...

The Santa Cruz coastline has undergone some dramatic changes over the past century or so, and watching the waves batter West Cliff in early January it’s easy to see why. As coastal geologists we ...

Stop what you’re doing for a moment and take three deep breaths. (Doesn’t that feel good?) The oxygen in two of those deep breaths is courtesy of a perhaps surprising but fundamentally important ...

The world is badly off track to meet emissions reduction targets set in the Paris Agreement, according to a recent UN report, which projects we’re on a path to a 16 percent increase in CO2 emissions ...

Understanding why ocean water is salty but river water isn’t is a fascinating topic, and one that has intrigued scientists for centuries. The answer lies in a combination of geological and natural ...