SEATTLE — After years of construction, the revitalized Pier 58 on Seattle’s waterfront will open to the public today.

San Francisco's Central Waterfront is opening up. The bad news: A full-blown buildout may still take years.

The Pacific Northwest boasts an extensive network of more than 600 seismic monitoring stations that help researchers track ...

Cast Water Safety, a Chicago-based organization, is teaching children how to save themselves in the water through self-rescue swim lessons, which start as early as six months old.

Another method is the use of cofferdams. This requires a dam to be built in the water; imagine a large circular or ...

A team of University of Florida scientists has been awarded a $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation to tackle one of South Florida’s most urgent environmental threats: groundwater ...

It will connect to the boardwalk just north of McCloone's Pier House restaurant. Shirley said it will extend past the first breakers so people can fish off it, or just enjoy stroll out over the water.

Raised pier-and-beam foundations for homes in flood zones, especially when made of concrete or reinforced block With the right foundation, concrete block homes perform exceptionally well—even on ...

The L.A. County Department of Public Health issued an advisory on Monday about polluted water around Santa Monica Pier. It said that latest testing shows high levels of bacteria, and that people ...

LA County issues pollution warning for water around busy Santa Monica Pier Heal the Bay, which issues a weekly beach pollution report card based on its own testing, says the area is a repeat offender.