Oysters at hatcheries in Oregon and Washington are showing the effects of ocean acidification. (Oregon State University) Shellfish lovers from Maine to Louisiana to the Pacific Northwest might be forced to make do with fewer oysters and clams in the coming decades. A funded by the National Science Foundation reveals that ocean acidification resulting mostly from human-caused greenhouse gas emissions is harming these mollusks — a problem costing millions of dollars and thousands of jobs. Ocean acidification is exactly what...

President Obama vetoed the Keystone XL pipeline bill on Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) For just the third time since taking office, President Barack Obama vetoed a bill that came across his desk, this time to prevent the Keystone XL oil pipeline from moving forward. “The Presidential is one I take seriously. But I also take seriously my responsibility to the American people,” he wrote in a message to the Senate. “Because this act of Congress conflicts with...

Dust from the hot Saharan Desert of northern Africa has a connection to a much different climate in South America, . Using satellite data, the study has found that the dust is acting as fertilizer for South America's Amazon rainforest about 1,600 miles away to the west over the Atlantic Ocean. Specifically, it's providing some much needed phosphorous to the soils of the Amazon. NASA says that nutrients such as phosphorous are limited in the Amazon since rainfall sends it...

Station Bernardo O'Higgins, Antarctica In this Jan. 22, 2015 photo, Gentoo penguins stand on rocks near the Chilean station Bernardo O'Higgins, Antarctica. Here on the Antarctic peninsula, where the continent is warming the fastest because the land sticks out in the warmer ocean, 49 billion tons of ice is lost a year according to NASA. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) A dazzling sight of blinding ice runs forever along this extreme northern part of Antarctica, hiding an unseen battle below that fights...

The transition from dark to light green in the GIF above shows large-scale deforestation around Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. (NASA ) A quarter-century's worth of NASA satellite images show that rainforests are destroyed at a higher rate than previously thought. Researchers with the University of Maryland analyzed dating back to 1990 to gauge the true scale of global deforestation. From 1990 to 2010, the rate of deforestation rose by 62 percent from 15,000 square...

A remarkable change can be seen in this animation of two satellite images of Iceland's ice caps taken 28 years apart. Located on top of active volcanoes, the ice caps are known as the Mýrdalsjökull andEyjafjallajökull, . The larger white ice cap isMýrdalsjökull, and the smaller Eyjafjallajökull lies to the left in the image. Not only can you see the ice retreat by comparing the satellite images taken in 1986 and 2014, but you can also see the ice looking...

A record-shattering winter has left the Northeast buried in piles of snow. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh) A backyard filled with snow doesn't disprove climate change. Contrary to what Oklahoma Sen. James Inhofe says, the ability to roll up a snowball months after the hottest year on record ended doesn't either. The reverse is true. (MORE:) Reports from organizations such as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) continue to point to one conclusion: Climate change and extreme weather events are...

K-Cups on display at an event. (Sergi Alexander/Getty Images For SBWFF) The man who helped invent the K-Cup is admitting he sometimes regrets creating a product that’s so rough on the environment. As for thethat is recyclable, the Natural Resources Defense Council says the cups' size decreases the chance of it even going through with the recycling process. This week, the Atlantic published comments from Keurig co-inventor, John Sylvan. He told the magazine, “,” in regards to the environmental impacts....

The Musashi, a World War II Japanese battleship, was sunk by American forces on October 24, 1944. One of the world’s largest and most technologically advanced battleships was never seen again — until this week, according to a press release from Paul G. Allen, leader of the . Allen, better known as the co-founder of Microsoft, and his team used historical records, topographical data and advanced technology aboard his yacht to discover the wreckage. The ship was found at the...

Broken sea ice to the north of Greenland seen in 2008. (Andy Mahoney, NSIDC) The steady e in the Arctic has been one of the hallmark effects of global warming. New research shows it is not only covering less of the planet, but it’s also getting . That makes it more susceptible to melting, potentially altering local ecosystems, shipping routes and ocean and atmospheric patterns. New data compiled from a range of sources — from Navy submarines to satellites —...

Ships turn up sediment in the shallow waters off of China's Shandong Peninsula on Feb. 24, 2015, revealing both northbound and southbound shipping lanes. (Credit: NASA) The highways of the shipping industry across the world's oceans can be seen from space in two different ways. In the first six images of the slideshow above from NASA, the narrow brown streaks show the northbound and southbound shipping lanes off China's Shandong Peninsula. that sediment from the shallow coastal waters is brought...

There is no proof of human-caused climate change, and therefore, you are banned from using that phrase in any communication. That's the edict delivered to Florida officials over the past few years, according to several former Department of Environmental Protection employees. A recent investigation by the Florida Center for Investigative Reporting found that DEP employees in any state reports, emails or official communication. "We were told that we were not allowed to discuss anything that was not a true fact,"...

In both the Arctic and Antarctic regions, ice is retreating. Pictured is melting water on an icecap, North East Land, Svalbard, Norway. (Cotton Coulson/Keenpress) Conservation experts have a message, and rather than listening to them, they want you to see it for yourself. In a book titled Overdevelopment, Overpopulation, Overshoot, or just OVER, for short, you'll find a collection of images and harsh realities about our planet. A sampling of the images can be perused at the top of this...