Beneath the surface of the South China Sea, researchers have identified a vast sinkhole in the seafloor that functions as a ...

New research shows ancient tropical oceans once held more oxygen than cooler regions, reshaping where early life could ...

Each year, vast blooms of phytoplankton spread across the Southern Ocean, drawing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and ...

Redwing is autonomous underwater glider expected to circle the world in a little over four years, then return to Cape Cod.

Beneath Antarctica's Ross Ice Shelf lies one of the least measured oceans on Earth—a vast, dark cavity roughly twice the volume of the North Sea.

As Earth warms due to climate change, oceans are heating up, becoming more acidic, and losing oxygen. These changes threaten ...

Satellites detected a mysterious gravitational change beneath Earth's surface, suggesting rapid movement of interior masses.

A series of slowly widening fissures in southern Ethiopia once again drew the attention of scientists and authorities to one ...

The town of Kuroshio in Japan is named after the swift ocean current that flows nearby. The Kuro­shio (Black Stream) stretches as wide as a megacity and carries more water than the Amazon river.

In August 2026, Gradone and Selden will lead a 28-day expedition aboard the R/V Falkor (too), a state-of-the-art research ...

Richard Dunn, a longtime sportswriter, writes the Dunn Deal column regularly for The Orange County Register’s weekly, The ...

Stare out into the grand expense of the ocean, and it can truly seem endless. Although oceans appear vast and uniform, ...