Scientists from NOAA, using a research submersible, are stunned to find a vast coral reef deep below the surface off the South Carolina coast. ...

At a Glance The findings come as part of California's Fourth Climate Change Assessment, released Monday.Wildfires are not the only threat facing the state in the years to come because of climate change.By 2050,the water supply from snowpack will decline by two-thirds.Thousands more people could die each year from heat-related deaths. California could expect a 50 percent increase in large wildfires that burn up to 77 percent more land by the end of the century, a state climate study says....

At a Glance Water samples collected on the St. Lucie River contain high levels of microcystin, a toxin that can make people sick. If ingested, water contaminated with the toxin can cause nausea, vomiting and, in severe cases, acute liver failure.Coming in direct contact with the algaecan result in a rash. A blue-green,cyanobacteria bloom in southeast Florida's St. Lucie River is 10 times too toxic to touch, recent testingshows. Water samples collected Aug. 2 on the river's north shore by...