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Francois Ribalet, a research associate professor at the University of Washington's School of Oceanography, holds a vial of Prochlorococcus on Friday, Sept. 5, 2025, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Annika Hammerschlag)

Warming seas threaten key phytoplankton species that fuels the food web, study finds

8:44 AM on Monday, September 8

New research suggests that a tiny phytoplankton that is an essential part of the marine food web may decline sharply as oceans warm

A person eats ice cream Friday, Sept. 5, 2025, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)

As world gets hotter, Americans are turning to more sugar, study finds

8:02 AM on Monday, September 8

A new study finds that climate change is increasing sugar consumption in the United States

A boat goes past an onshore wave energy site, a pilot by Eco Wave Power, at the Port of Los Angeles' AltaSea ocean institute on Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

In LA port, bobbing blue floats are turning wave power into clean energy

6:07 AM on Monday, September 8

At the Port of Los Angeles on a site that once housed oil tanks, seven steel structures that look like small blue boats are lowered into the ocean, where they gently bob up and down with the waves to generate power

Photos show a lunar eclipse across Asia and Europe

2:15 PM on Sunday, September 7

This combination of photos provided by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025, shows labels for Kroger Mercado Cooked Medium Peeled Tail-Off Shrimp recalled by AquaStar USA Corp. of Seattle. (FDA via AP)

Radioactive metal at an Indonesia industrial site may be linked to shrimp recall

1:42 PM on Friday, September 5

International officials say contaminated metal at an industrial site in Indonesia could be the source of radioactive material behind recalls of imported shrimp

FILE - The moon shines over Mexico City during a total lunar eclipse, in Mexico City, Friday, March 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte, File)

Asia will get a prime view of this weekend's total lunar eclipse

8:29 AM on Friday, September 5

The year's second total lunar eclipse is coming up fast, and this time Asia will have the best seats in the cosmos

FILE - The Pentagon, the headquarters for the U.S. Department of Defense, is seen from the air, Aug. 20, 2025, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Pentagon-funded research at colleges has aided the Chinese military, a House GOP report says

7:00 AM on Friday, September 5

A congressional investigation finds the Pentagon has funded research involving collaboration with Chinese entities linked to China's defense sector

The wireline drilling core barrel is visible from the underside of the Liftboat Robert platform, from the Gaspee, a crew transport vessel, in the North Atlantic, Saturday, July 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Scientists tap 'secret' fresh water under the ocean, raising hopes for a thirsty world

6:01 AM on Friday, September 5

Scientists conducting a first-of-its-kind drilling operation have extracted samples of fresh water hiding in massive reservoirs deep under the ocean

Astrology’s appeal in uncertain times

5:45 AM on Friday, September 5

This image composed from multiple exposures and provided by NSF's NOIRLab shows a comet streaking across a star field above the International Gemini Observatory on Cerro Pachon, near La Serena, Chile. (NSF's NoirLab via AP)

Telescope reveals a growing tail on the comet that's visiting from another star

2:40 PM on Thursday, September 4

Telescope observations reveal a growing tail on the comet that's visiting from another star

An Afghan boy injured in a powerful earthquake that struck eastern Afghanistan on Sunday receives treatment at Nangarhar Regional Hospital in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Siddiqullah Alizai)

A devastating earthquake in Afghanistan: See the photos

7:46 PM on Monday, September 1

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