This essay is a follow up on the photograph published in the Jan. 16 Commonwealth (pictured above) that showed duckweed ...

Heavy metals naturally occur in the Earth's crust, but human activities can increase their concentration in the environment, ...

The new species, named Salmoneus manningi, is “overall whitish” with “ivory white” asymmetrical claws, researchers described.

An ongoing lawsuit filed by the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District against Monsanto claims the city spent millions to clean PCBs from waterways.

Leeville is at the forefront of Louisiana’s coastal land loss crisis. In 2021, Hurricane Ida destroyed what was left of the ...

A new genus and species of Ornithomimidae, Mexidracon longimanus, has been identified from the ornithomimosaur material.

The concentrations and distributions of particulate biogenic silica (PBSi) and its Q7 size-fractionated composition (>20 μm, 0.8–20 μm) of the Changjiang Estuary and its adjacent area were ...

There are again concerns that sand is being 'stolen' from a Cornish beach and no-one is doing anything about it. Residents and visitors to Hayle have once again raised the issue that diggers and ...

He said the first furore about sand being dug up came about when failed bankrupt developer Simon Wright, who was behind the ...

Concerns have been raised once more over sand being 'stolen' from a beach in the West Country with locals and visitors alike claiming that no action is being taken to prevent it. The issue, which was ...

Mangrove forests along the Amazon coast release significant amounts of trace elements such as neodymium and hafnium. These ...

Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Pacific Science Enterprise Center, 4160 Marine Drive, West Vancouver, British Columbia V7V 1N6, Canada ...