Covering more area than all the continents combined, the Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest body of water on Earth. Its ...

All maps are influenced by the intent and biases of their creator—even those that are striving to be as accurate as possible.

Together, surface and deepwater currents form the “global conveyor belt,” which circulates seawater over a 1,000-year journey ...

Seismologist Deborah Kilb was wading through California earthquake records from the past four decades when she noticed ...

Around our coasts the Atlantic Ocean is made up of four smaller areas of water: The North Sea, the Irish Sea ... The Pacific Ocean borders three continents - Asia, North / South America and ...

Maps, such as the 1502 Cantino Planisphere ... "The routes that the Portuguese created to connect the continents and oceans are the foundation of the world we inhabit today." ...

This week, learn why experts are divided over an exoplanet, see the first footage of a colossal squid in its deep-sea habitat ...

It provides a resting place for seals and walruses and acts as an 'engine' for ocean currents ... which are constantly measuring sea ice extent. As the maps show, there's been a great ice ...

Brands such as Blancpain, committed to ocean protection, has produced a limited edition timepiece towards that end while ...

with motions of the oceans and continents,” as he once put it — a planet that is “continuously changing, evolving.” After years of studying the sea and its floor, including at Columbia ...

Beneath the turquoise waters of the South Pacific hides a massive secret—Zealandia, a sunken landmass stretching nearly two ...