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For half a century, Taku had been the one known Alaskan glacier to withstand the effects of climate change – until now.

Thanks to stricter pollution laws, toxin levels have been dropping steadily in the Baltic. Concentrations of environmental toxins have dropped by as much as 80 percent.

In just a few years, 8 million native angasi oyster hatchlings have been placed in the waters off Victoria, South Australia, Queensland and Western Australia, on the recycled mollusc shells collected from restaurants. They've turned empty, sandy seabeds into thriving ecosystems.

When sea otters in Alaska were diagnosed with phocine distemper virus (PDV) in 2004, scientists were confused. The pathogen in the Morbillivirus genus that contains viruses like measles had then only been found in Europe and on the eastern coast of North America.

Regulations have lowered mercury emissions globally, but the risks to ocean ecosystems and human health may be getting worse.

Regulations have lowered mercury emissions globally, but the risks to ocean ecosystems and human health may be getting worse.

As we rolled into November, scientists discovered last month was the warmest October on record globally.

The grey seal population has grown by an average of five percent annually since the turn of the millennium.

The animal die-offs offer the world a stark example of the perils of rising ocean temperatures, which already are upending parts of the Bering Sea ecosystem.

As wholesale prices skyrocket for Pacific flying squid amid a record low catch in Japan, processing companies in the "squid town" of Hakodate, Hokkaido, ar

Flooding, permafrost melt and other climate impacts that threaten the long-term viability of cemeteries

Scientists devised a better way to calculate land elevations and their findings are dire: Far more cities will be inundated by climate change than previously thought.

Chukotka officials propose to classify polar bear sightings in populated areas as emergencies to mobilize resources for managing these situations.

Conservation groups are calling for the immediate closure of the herring fishery in the Strait of Georgia following the release of new federal government data showing a four-year population biomass decline of almost 60 per cent. “We’ve been systematically overfishing these stocks and the Gulf of Georgia fishery is the last one left,” Pacific Wild...

With an increasing number of fisheries disaster requests coming from across the U.S., members of Congress and the federal government are looking for ways to improve the relief process.

By better aligning the tire season with average snowfall, the city hopes to limit road deterioration.

Similar to what has happened in B.C., tens of millions of voracious purple sea urchins have chomped their way through towering underwater kelp forests in California.

The islands were first noticed by a student engineer who had observed the unidentified land masses in satellite images

Around the world, rising temperatures pose a threat to the species.

The convention's final day saw a lot of attention on climate change, as well as shortcomings in public safety, and remarks by both U.S. senators.