On a hot summer day, there is nothing like cooling off at a local beach. But every year, more and more, high bacteria levels are forcing officials to close beaches. “Sometimes it’s so hot you want to ...

Christine Mulholland can trace her environmentalist roots back to when she was about 5 years old. On rainy days back then, she would put on her boots and grab an umbrella. She’d also round up the ...

On Nov. 7, Laura Leavitt knelt on the Galveston shore beside her best friend, picking tiny bits of plastic out of the sand. The two friends were among around 20 other volunteers working piece by piece ...

Brevard County beaches received over $120 million worth of sand replenishment due to erosion from Hurricane Ian, Tropical Storm Nicole, and rising sea levels. Beach renourishment projects are paused ...

Duxbury Beach Reservation caters to two kinds of visitors: the winged and wingless. There are the human visitors who are itching to drive onto the beach with oversand permits and soak in the summer ...

A $10 million beach nourishment project at Town Neck Beach has eroded much faster than expected. The sand, intended to last five to seven years, has seen significant loss in less than a year. Future ...

HIGHLANDS -- A beach in Monmouth County is under a water quality advisory on June 24 due to high levels of fecal bacteria discovered in a section of Sandy Hook Bay. Health officials collected water ...

"New Jersey has been one of the most proactive, if not the most proactive, states in the country on shore protection and shore management," said Daniel Barone, research professor at Rutgers. Massive ...

L.A. County beach officials said Tuesday that chunks of fire debris and silt washed up on shores after the recent storms. But while they advise avoiding big pieces of debris, being around fine pieces ...

A UT chemist says it is now time to develop tests for microplastics, similar to tests for other toxic threats. A microplastic-detecting robot developed at The University of Texas at Austin. Photo ...

Gallery Baton of South Korea is drawing inspiration from Dylan Thomas with artworks that reflect on the challenges of climate change. By David Belcher Reporting from Seoul The often quoted Dylan ...