The last ice age did not shut down Atlantic ocean currents, and that discovery may help explain future climate risks.

Increasing acidity in the world’s oceans is changing the structure of sharks’ teeth and making them weaker, according to a ...

The High Seas Treaty has entered into force, establishing the first legally binding global framework to protect the ...

Close to the summit of an underwater mountain west of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, a jagged landscape of towers rises from the ...

The two halves of the African continent are moving apart at a rate of a few millimeters each year, geologists have calculated ...

Our planet is unique for its ability to sustain abundant life. From studies of the rock record, scientists believe life had already emerged on Earth at least 3.5 billion years ago and probably much ...

Earth’s oceans reached their highest heat levels on record in 2025, absorbing vast amounts of excess energy from the ...

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

How nutrients from Europa's icy shell reach its ocean has been unclear despite several theories.