Estuaries face higher nutrient loads in the future -- particularly on the Atlantic coast

Territories in Brazil's fragmented Atlantic Forest where Indigenous peoples enjoy secure land rights have seen measurably less deforestation than similar areas in which land tenure is weak or non-existent, researchers reported Thursday

Deep-sea devices detect earthquakes, singing whales and explosions of a sinking ship — 50 highly-sensitive seismometers were placed on the floor of the Atlantic Ocean, in a quest to depict the Earth’s interior down to ~2,800 km depth

4-year-old North Atlantic right whale—of one of the world's rarest species—is "likely to die" after becoming heavily entangled with fishing line