Lake shores are fringed with aquatic plants, but their very high productivity has been overlooked in global lake carbon budgets. We estimate the carbon fluxes of lake littoral zones and show that the ...

Far below the surface of the Black Sea, in water that never sees daylight and holds almost no oxygen, a quiet climate drama plays out. There, tiny microbes decide how much of a powerful greenhouse gas ...

Harmful algal blooms threaten water quality. Scientists improved satellite monitoring of algae levels in the Hudson River by ...

Vikki Velasquez is a researcher and writer who has managed, coordinated, and directed various community and nonprofit organizations. She has conducted in-depth research on social and economic issues ...

Importance of ocean dynamics in the onset and persistence of the 2013-15 and 2019-20 northeast Pacific marine heatwaves The study shows that gyre-scale ocean dynamics, driven by wind stress curl ...