People with rain wear and umbrellas cross a bridge over the flooded Mataniko River in Honiara, Solomon Islands.(AP Photo/Solomon Star) Scientists have discovered that five of the Solomon Islandshave disappeared due to sea level rise. In astudy published in the journalEnvironmental Research Letters—called the "first assessment of shoreline change from the Solomon Islands" — Australian researchers scoured through "aerial and satellite imagery from 1947 to 2014 of 33 islands, along with historical insight from local knowledge," and identified "five vegetated...

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Yellow damselfish swim within a coral reef. Researchers at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies (Coral CoE) at James Cook University have found that fish release a chemical distress signal when caught by predators, dramatically boosting their chances of survival. Dying coral reefs threaten their ability to develop this instinct. (Oona Lönnstedt ) Amid the ongoing threat of coral bleaching and deaths, researchers decided to study large changes in the fish population that coincided with this phenomenon....

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Shellfish cover the beach in Cucao, on Chiloe Island, Chile, Monday, May 9, 2016. The government has declared an emergency zone along Chile's south as it deals with the algae known as red tide, which kills fish with a toxin that paralyzes the central nervous system, and small-scale fishermen are demanding compensation. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix) The toxic algal bloom that's caused dead sea creatures to wash ashore in droves in Chile is still increasing in size, officials say. Called red...

Vessels continue working to clean up more than 88,000 gallons of oil that leaked from a Shell flow line into the Gulf of Mexico last Thursday, some 90 miles off Timbalier Island, Louisiana. More than 51,000 gallons of the oil-water mixture have been sucked out of the Gulf since the leak was reported Thursday morning, the Coast Guard said. The spill has angered environmental groups that argue offshore drilling needs to be banned because of the hazards it poses to...

This incredible capture of the desert in Oman shows water creeping its way along the sandy landscape. (NASA/Kjell Lindgren) Murky blue water stretches its long branches across the sandy landcape of Oman in this incredible photo taken from the International Space Stationby NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren. This view of such a water-scarce landscapeputs into perspective just how precious the resource is. The astronauts on the International Space Station research water purification techniques, and technology developed there is making a difference...

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A skyline view of the downtown area of Albuquerque, New Mexico. Every two and a half minutes, natural areas on the West Coast are lost due to human development, according to a new study. An interactive map created by the Center for American Progress (CAP) and the Conservation Science Partners (CSP) shows which western states have taken the hardest hits and breaks down where development is doing the most damage. For example, in Sacramento County, California, developments took over 361,052...

Outlined in blue, the Totten Glacier catchment basin is nearly as big as Texas. (Australian Antarctic Division) An Antarctic glacier three-fourths the size of Texas continues to melt into the sea, and if it disappears completely, sea levels will rise dramatically around the world, a new study says. The Totten Glacier is melting quickly in eastern Antarctica and threatens to become yet another point of concern as global temperatures rise, according to the study published in the journal Nature. It's...

Carbon dioxide levels have surged past 400 parts per million for long periods of time in recent years. (NOAA) The warming influence of carbon dioxide has risen by 50 percent globally over the last two and a half decades when compared to pre-industrial levels, NOAA's 10th Annual Greenhouse Gas Index (AGGI) has found. The index compares global greenhouse gas emissions to levels prior to the Industrial Revolution, according to a NOAA news release. The global average carbon dioxide concentration for...

For four consecutive days, Portugal ran on nothing but renewable energy, breaking a clean energy record. According to Portugal-based ZERO System Sustainable Land Association, from 6:45 a.m. on May 7 till 5:45 p.m. on May 11, Portugal was fully powered by renewable sources of energy such as solar, wind and hydropower. This amounted to a total of 107 hours with no need to resort to any source of non-renewable energy, particularly the production of thermal power plants to coal or...

Wednesday hundreds of crimson-colored crabs swarmed the Imperial and Huntington beaches in Southern California, an event that experts believe was triggered by El Niño. The brightly hued , but warm waters likely linked to the annual warming event can push them north, according to NOAA. "Just like last year, in June we had a washing of tuna crabs and they think it's ," Imperial Beach Lifeguard Captain Robert Stabenow told CBS. "The warmer waters are pushing them up and when...