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Australian scientists have bred a heat-resistant coral which could help preserve the country's iconic reefs for generations to come by restoring areas devastated by mass bleaching. Coral reefs are in decline worldwide due to increasingly frequent and severe bleaching events.

The small island developing states (SIDS) of the Pacific celebrated this year’s World Tuna Day on 2 May with a virtual dialogue with a serious purpose. The discussion involved the United Nations’ Group of Friends of the Oceans.

Three Lehigh professors―Benjamin Felzer, Sharon M. Friedman and Dork Sahagian―offer their insights. Felzer, whose research focuses on global climate and terrestrial ecosystem models, is an associate professor in the Earth and Environmental Sciences.

Many island nations, including the Maldives in the Indian Ocean, are facing an existential threat as a result of a rising sea level induced by global climate change.

With their rich repertoire of anti-infective substances, medicinal plants have always been key in the human fight to survive pathogens and parasites. The search for herbal drugs with novel structures and effects is still one of the great challenges of natural product research today.

Matt Wolf’s documentary Spaceship Earth, which premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival – and released digitally worldwide last Friday – charts the determination of a group of countercultural visionaries who used art and community to foster a connection with nature.

Two recent studies shine a light on a relatively new field of study: the means by which climate tipping points can lead to ecosystem collapse, and how quickly such crashes might occur.

The council that governs US fisheries in the western Pacific is asking president Donald Trump to relax rules around fishing in protected areas...In a letter, the Western Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Council describes the marine reserves around Hawaii and American Samoa as putting the US

The future of tourism in the 'blue' Pacific must be green, according to the head of South Pacific Tourism, Chris Cocker.

Plants and vegetation play a critical role in supporting life on Earth, but there is still a lot of uncertainty in our understanding of how exactly they affect the global carbon cycle and ecosystem services.