The South Carolina Department of Environmental Services, previously known as the Department of Health and Environmental ...

Explore the phenomenon of glowing ocean events known as milky seas, created by bioluminescent bacteria visible from space.

Titan may seem like a prime candidate for alien life with its organic-rich surface and deep subsurface ocean, but new ...

Sailors have reported glowing stretches of "milky seas" for centuries, but scientists are still struggling to explain what ...

Microbes - alive and thriving -- have been found sealed within a fracture of 2-billion-year-old rock beneath Earth's surface.

Approximately 400m tonnes of plastics are produced each year, with 40% designated for single-use such as straws, according to ...

Cores extracted from the impact crater revealed evidence of an ancient, life-nurturing hydrothermal system in the wake of the ...

The microbes convert the methane into organic molecules ... Like underwater Grand Canyons, these formations cut through the ocean floor from near the coast out into the deep sea, carved out ...

During the swimming season, health officials test beaches in Ocean County weekly for Enterococci, a type of bacteria commonly found in feces of humans and animals. The bacteria is used as an ...