WATER

A new study indicates that warming ocean temperatures may hamper vital ocean chemical cycles of carbon dioxide, nitrogen and phosphorus.

A 6.9-magnitude earthquake struck the Izu Islands and was felt 400 miles away in Tokyo. Fukushima unaffected, Tepco says.

The IOC will meet in Argentina to decide the venue for the 2020 Olympic Games. Tokyo, along with Madrid and Istanbul, is in the running.

The Great Barrier Reef has made headlines around the world this year, although not for the reasons anyone might have hoped for.

According to a new study, tiny fish larvae smell their way to coral reefs located miles away, rather than using ocean currents.

The family of Zachary Reyna, the 12-year-old boy infected with a brain eating amoeba, announced plans to donate his organs on Facebook.

The Japanese government took over from TEPCO and is considering using emergency reserves for the clean-up.

Small fish can grow big eye-like spots on their rear fins as a way of distracting predators, a new study says.

Chris Fountain was earlier suspended from the show soon after the soap’s bosses were informed about the obscene clips.

Hot male turkeys employ less-attractive brothers to score mates, while a badger digs up a medieval grave.

Dolphins have the ability to remember other dolphins they came in contact with two decades ago, study shows.

Japan's government will help Tepco contain radioactive water leak from the Fukushima nuclear power plant, including raising public funds.

Japan's nuclear watchdog says radioactive water leaking out of crippled Fukushima plant cannot be contained by Tepco alone.

At the Monterrey shipwreck site, marine archaeologists discovered three ships that sank sometime in the 19th century.

Without a life jacket, the 19-year veteran of the Montauk lobster industry had to fashion a makeshift flotation device to survive.

The Cruise Passenger Protection Act aims to better safeguard cruise-goers and make crime statistics in the high seas more transparent.

Snow may have once fallen on Mars. New evidence suggests snow, or rain, created some of the valley networks found on the planet.

Tepco, for the first time, admitted radioactive water from the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant had reached the ocean.

Inspectors have not said when they expect the investigation into the Cedar Point accident will be completed.

According to a 2009 report by the World Bank, about 10 percent of the 2 million people living in the West Bank are forced to buy water trucked in by Israel’s national water company.

Japan's nuclear watchdog says radioactive water from the damaged nuclear plant is probably contaminating sea water. Operator remains unsure.