This video shows Azenhas do Mar in Sintra, Portugal, a coastal village built above steep cliffs facing the Atlantic Ocean.

New research sheds light on how pollutants from aerosols and river run-off are impacting coastal seas. The research identified an 'Anthropogenic Nitrogen Pump' which changes the phosphorus cycle and ...

Mangroves could store less carbon—and even begin releasing it—as sea levels rise, suggests new research in Earth's Future.

Crew members install sound blankets to protect wildlife at the Pond A2W site of the South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project, Thursday, July 24, 2025, in Mountain View, Calif. (AP Photo/Godofredo A.

Coastal seas form a complex transition zone between the two largest CO2 sinks in the global carbon cycle: land and ocean. Ocean researchers have now succeeded for the first time in investigating the ...

Satellite altimetry has revolutionised the measurement of sea surface height by using radar pulses to determine the distance between a satellite and the ocean surface with centimetric precision. While ...

Waves top the boardwalk at Mission Beach in San Diego during a king tide event in December 2023. Human-caused climate change is pushing global temperatures and global sea levels to new heights. In the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. In San Francisco Bay, salt ponds created ...