Lake Okeechobee runoff pollutes Florida’s Atlantic Coast ...

Meteorologist Danielle Banks is talking about aquifers buried thousands of feet below the ground that could be a game changer for drought-stricken California. ...

Alligators are commonly found near freshwater sources in Florida and Texas, but every now and then, they'll find their way to saltwater as well. (Sam Greenwood/Getty Images) In alligators' native range throughout Texas and Florida, it's scary enough to worry about them lurking near creeks and lakes. But in the past few months, these reptiles have also been spotted along the ocean shore. The most recent incident occurred on Surfside Beach near Galveston, Texas. According to Fox 8, the alligator...

Light pollution may be causing some trees to bud earlier than normal. That could have unanticipated impacts on an ecosystem. ...

A view of Lassen Peak in California from the south of the summit of Brokeoff Volcano in Lassen Volcanic National Park. (US Geological Survey/Amanda Sweeney) At a Glance The peak is sinking at a rate of about a centimeter per year, researchers say.Scientists believe the source of the sinking is a point located about 5 miles beneath the volcano’s center, With no explosion in over a century, it might appear that California’s Lassen Peak hasn’t changed much. However, recent findings...

At a Glance It could be fully repaired by the middle or end of this century, a new study says.The gap forms in late August or early September and expands until it reaches its largest annual size in October. We might be mere years from finally fixing a huge hole in the ozone layer, according to a new study. For decades, a large hole has opened in the ozone layer over Antarctica each year. The gap forms in late August...

Researchers say a “super-bacteria” has been found in the water at the site of Olympic sailing events in Rio. ...

At a Glance Hong Kong blames recent flooding in China for an "unprecedented" amount of trash on beaches.The response from Hong Kong's Environment Protection Department comes after weeks of outrage. After weeks of silence and amid an outcry on social media, Hong Kong is blaming flooding in China for the "unprecedented" amount of trash strewn on its beaches, according to officials at the country'sEnvironmental Protection Department. “We suspect that the floods in mid-June on the mainland might have brought the...

Almost half a century after millions of tires were dumped into the waters off Fort Lauderdale, Florida, the massive underwater graveyard has been drastically reduced and is expected to be cleaned up even more in the coming months, state officials say. In the last nine years, littering the seafloor off Hugh Taylor Birch State Park, the Sun Sentinel reports. Another 30,000 are expected to be removed by the fall, and another effort will start after that. From 1967 to 1973,...

Toxic algae blooms plaguing Florida have made headlines in recent weeks, but the gross green masses aren’t just a problem in the Sunshine State. “No matter what part of the country you live in, this summer,” Environmental Working Group agriculture policy director Colin O’Neil told The Huffington Post. Harmful algal blooms have affected bodies of water in,the , Oregon and Ohio, particularly Lake Erie. Last year, the , surpassing the former record year of 2011. It shut down multiple private...

Bolivia's second-largest lake, Lake Poopo dries up, a victim of climate change. ...

This June 21, 2016, photo shows a previously found plank from the Black Diamond, a coal-hauling canal boat swallowed by the water in 1850, on display at the Buckeye Lake Historical Society Museum in Buckeye Lake, Ohio. (AP Photo/Kantele Franko) At a Glance Back in February, a dam replacement crew discovered wreckage of a boat that sank in 1850.Debris recovered included planks and square nails that date to the mid-19th century.Officials hope the wreckage can be donated to a museum...

The city of San Francisco has passed the largest ban yet on the sale of products made from polystyrene, the material commonly used to make items like packing peanuts and disposable cups and plates. In an effort to build on the goals of zero waste by 2020, San Francisco officials have . This includes takeout containers, packing materials, coolers and other similar containers, pool or beach toys and dock floats. This is a huge coup for environmentalists that have been...