Dust from the Sahara Desert, once a massive lake, travels across the Atlantic Ocean. This dust, rich in potassium and iron ...

A senator has claimed the federal government ignored warnings about a massive algae that has devastated a marine environment, ...

A 2015 satellite photo captured a series of stunning "von Kármán vortices" swirling off Madeira and the Canary Islands. The ...

Forest fires have historically been viewed as catastrophic events. Thanks to climate change, forest fires are now a threat for much longer periods of the year, rather than being limited to the ...

Water quality scientists predict the harmful algae bloom on western Lake Erie this year will be relatively mild and less ...

A colossal bloom of seaweed, vast enough to stretch across the Atlantic Ocean, is making its way towards Florida’s shores, ...

Going into the water in and around Delaware can provide some risks. While people are aware of the sharks in the Atlantic Ocean and Delaware Bay, jellyfish in those same waters and snakes in lakes, ...

A diver swims beneath a mass of seaweed. Stretching some 5,000 miles across, the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt can be an oasis for sea creatures—but a smelly nuisance for beachgoers through ...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has identified 10 dangers at beaches. Volusia County, with its beach ...

Millions of tons of seaweed currently floating in the tropical Atlantic Ocean could soon make its way toward the U.S., according to researchers following the phenomenon.

The Atlantic Ocean has a toxic seaweed problem. Floating in brown islands of algae, this year’s sargassum bloom has already broken its own size record by millions of tons — and the growing ...

Sargassum blooms are massive accumulations of brown seaweed that originate in the Atlantic Ocean and float on the surface of the water. The seaweed provides habitat for crabs, shrimp, threatened ...