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50 Massachusetts beaches closed for unsafe bacteria as residents try to enjoy weekend before Labor Day

Melting Starfish

“Huge disaster”: Historically weak pink salmon runs strain Alaska’s seine fishermen

Research vessel en route to Nome after trapped in ice for 14 days

Disappearing sand dunes and plovers

Dead humpback whale calf washes up near Juneau, may have been struck by vessel

First fall storm of the year damages road in Utqiagvik

High water in Kotzebue Sound

Thousands of Cigarette Stubs Wash Up on East Iceland Beach

Mystery mass death of seals on remote, uninhabited Siberian island under investigation

NOAA seeks public’s help on Steller sea lion killings in Copper River Delta

Strange orange deposit on beach and waters of Kotzebue Sound

Harmful algae bloom detected in Bering Strait waters

In hot water: South Florida ocean tops 100 degrees; could be world record

Humpback whale nearly knocks paddler off board near Whittier

Bluefin tuna washes up far from home in Salish Sea

Tsunami warning canceled following strong earthquake off Alaska Peninsula

Caught 4000 pink salmon in one net throw: "That's an indescribable amount of fish"

Crab pots 'absolutely stuffed' as Bering Sea Dungeness fishery breaks records

Sea Ice Unusually Close to North Iceland Coast

Sea Ice Unusually Close to North Iceland Coast

Dangerous PSP toxin levels found in some Southwest Alaska clams, mussels

Large-scale internet outage due to cut fiberoptic cable interrupts business as usual

Walrus Follows Man to Work in Iceland

Researchers find even higher algal levels in regional waters

Researchers find high concentrations of harmful algae in regional waters

Cormorants establishing new rookery

Summer storm hits Kotzebue

Evidence of invasive crab that could wreak havoc on Alaska fisheries found near Metlakatla

Extremely windy on the lagoon

Shark sightings abound off Maine’s coast. Experts say we’re likely to see more

High number of seal deaths linked to bird flu, feds say

Dead birds prompt warnings across Island

Fears of bird flu in colony on Hornøya in Finnmark with critically endangered seabird

Russian Cosmonaut Shares Unique Video of Shrinking Aral Sea as Seen From Outer Space

Sea cucumber die-off near Vancouver Island

Fears oil ship will fall apart

Mysterious smelly fat blobs pollute West Vancouver beach

Rare footage shows a polar bear hunt a swimming reindeer

Phytoplankton blooms hint at changing Arctic waters

Tsunami warning canceled after 8.2 offshore earthquake sent people in many Alaska coastal communities to higher ground

Sea Life Die-Off Found on Beach

B.C.'s heat wave may be to blame for several cases of shellfish poisoning

'Unprecedented' absence of southern resident killer whales from Salish Sea

Veterinarians of the village of Providence "resuscitated" the exhausted walrus

Opah on the Oregon Coast

Blue mussel die-off in Skagway

Invasive seaweed detected on Aotea/Great Barrier Island

'Unprecedented:' Rare sei whales spotted off Vancouver Island

Southwest Alaska community on Bering Sea coast experiences severe flooding

Extreme heat cooks shellfish alive on Puget Sound beaches

Coast Guard responds to tar-like substance spill on Utqiagvik beach

Halibut fisherman weathers freak storm on trip back from Togiak

Mysterious black substance on Wells Beach turns out to be millions of dead bugs

Unalaska records 120 mph winds during record-breaking August storm

Mystery lines on Haida Gwaii beach

Foreign plastic continues to wash up on region’s beaches

Arctic ice extent is unlikely to hit a record-low minimum, but lingering ice is ‘thin and porous’

Foreign Marine Debris Found in the Bering Sea

Miami-Dade fireboats hit the water to help with major fish kill in South Florida waters

Three great white sharks venture 'very tight' to Nova Scotia shores

Biologists hope dead sea lion will provide insight into endangered Aleutian population

Last fully intact ice shelf in Canadian Arctic collapses

Even the low temperatures are breaking heat records in Portland

Phytoplankton Surge in Arctic Waters

Major Coastal Erosion near Kotzebue

Brown booby makes rare visit to Ireland

Fisherman snags barracuda off Vancouver Island in rare encounter

Tuktoyaktuk working with feds to address climate change and eroding shoreline

Thousands of blue jellyfish clog cooling system in Israeli power plant

Green Sturgeon (Acipenser medirostris) in Kachemak Bay

‘A grave concern’: European green crabs discovered on Haida Gwaii

Jellyfish the size of dinner plates on Northeast beaches

Southern resident whales returning later to Salish Sea in ‘drastic’ change

Plastic pollution in Thailand soars during Covid-19 pandemic

Beluga off San Diego is farthest south the species has been documented on West Coast

Washed-up Stellar Sea Lion (Eumetopias jubatus) on Front Beach

Thousands of gallons of heating oil spill in Shungnak

Strange waves cause concern in Shishmaref

Seaweed invasion hurting fishermen's livelihoods