Researchers studying the crustacean’s early life cycles find clues that can help the fishery that depends on them plan for a ...

As lobsters move north, an environmental bond bill sits in committee, and shifting federal policies affect emissions, ocean threats such as acidification, fish migration and increased sewage overflows ...

The Gulf of Maine is warming faster than 99% of the world’s oceans, raising concerns for its $2 billion-a-year American lobster fishery. Scientists at William & Mary’s Batten School & VIMS have been ...

'We're seeing the effects of ocean acidification in real time -- from threatening lobster populations in the Gulf of Maine to eroding coral reefs in tropical waters' -- Chellie Pingree, US ...

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A team of planetary scientists, ecologists, and marine biologists affiliated with several institutions in the U.S. and one in the U.K., has found evidence suggesting that parts of the world's oceans ...

“The signs of the ocean in distress are all around us”, said Peter Thomson, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General of the United Nations for the Ocean, at the conference in Nice, France last week.

The world's oceans are in trouble. Every day, 22 million tons of carbon dioxide from factories, cars, power plants and other human sources are absorbed by the world's oceans. The result? A frightening ...

Since the Industrial Revolution, scientists estimate that the ocean has become around 30% more acidic from the uptake of additional anthropogenic carbon dioxide. Ocean acidification has widespread ...

Researchers and hatcheries are exploring new ways to protect shellfish in the Pacific Northwest, although Trump budget cuts may thwart their efforts. Researchers and hatcheries are exploring new ways ...