Santo Domingo.- Sargassum levels in the Atlantic have reached a record-breaking 31 million tons, surpassing the previous high ...

Detection of northward-drifting contamination out of the Tijuana River prompted the San Diego County Department of Environmental Health and Quality Monday to issue a water pollution advisory for a ...

In the 20th century, global sea level rose faster than at any other time in the past 3,000 years. It's expected to rise even ...

"Storm surge" is defined as the abnormal water level that rises above the typical tide during a tropical event.

The hurricane season starts June 1, and forecasters predict storm activity will be “above average.” But what does that mean, ...

Northeast Florida’s coastal communities, particularly in Flagler and St. Johns counties, have seen direct effects from ...

During the final week of summer in 2021, Hurricane Ida emerged from the Gulf of Mexico, turned almost directly northeast and ...

Hurricane Ida wreaked an estimated $75 billion in total damages and was responsible for 112 fatalities -- including 32 in New Jersey and 16 in New York state. Yet the hurricane could have been even ...

Florida's tsunami? The surprising 2022 wave from a Pacific volcano was driven by the perfect setup from two other weather systems that resulted in a surge along the entire United States East Coast.

The United States was effectively cut off from the rest of the world. As the maritime historian Salvatore R. Mercogliano ...

The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority’s plan to dredge its inlet for fully loaded oil tankers has triggered environmental ...

Overseeing safety for the more than 80,000 inhabitants of the Conch Republic — the nickname for the islands after denizens declared a tongue-in-cheek secession from the United States in the early ...