The Marine Invasions Research Lab, based at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) is the nation’s largest program dedicated to monitoring the ocean and coastal regions for invasions by ...

The law authorizes the president to withdraw offshore areas from oil and gas leasing, as eight administrations, including the first Trump administration, have routinely done. However, the law does not ...

Investing in ocean research, infrastructure, and the ocean studies workforce is needed to understand how a changing ocean ...

Record-Breaking Lows in World’s Sea Ice Worries Scientists as It Poses Danger to the Environment The world’s sea ice is in ...

The groups say the president does not have the authority to revoke an earlier president's ocean protections under federal law ...

Environmental groups on Wednesday moved in court to block President Donald Trump’s administration from allowing offshore oil ...

Sunscreens are increasingly present in the ocean, but much about their impact on marine life remains poorly understood.

New research reveals that ice algae can store nutrients which may enable them to colonize more of the ice sheet, darkening and melting it.

Conservation groups today filed the first environmental lawsuit against the Trump administration to protect oceans from offshore drilling. One set of groups is challenging an illegal order by ...

The chemicals found in sunscreens are becoming an increasing presence in our ocean. But there are still significant gaps in ...

The research funded under the CINUK programme focuses on changing Arctic ecosystems and the impacts to Inuit communities and beyond. Read about key developments and unique Northern-led research ...

It's spring, the sun is shining and something is about to happen with the plankton in the cold waters of the Arctic Ocean.