A new executive order pits the United States against the rest of the world over the question of who can exploit mineral ...

The warming hole might be a sign that Atlantic Ocean currents are slowing down. This network of currents regulates Earth's ...

The closure of the ancient Tethys Seaway has left an indelible mark on Earth’s history. As tectonic forces slowly reshaped ...

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

The scan of the storied ship was carried out over three weeks in 2022 by Magellan, a deep-sea mapping company based ... shows it neatly wedged into the ocean floor. The stern, on the other hand ...

Volcanoes have stirred human awe for thousands of years, with their bursts of fire and rivers of molten rock. Yet, beyond the ...

While most people think of continents as stationary masses, the truth is that every landmass on Earth is in motion, riding ...

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

In daylight or moonlight, it vanishes. In the novel 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Jules Verne suggests this “lactified” ocean is caused by a “diminutive glowworm that's colorless and ...

This global map of seafloor features is based on ocean height data from the SWOT satellite. Purple denotes regions that are lower compared to higher features such as seamounts and abyssal hills, ...

You don’t really spot the secret staircase down to the sea at first. After all, it’s tucked neatly in between the bumper stickers and seashell magnets of a clapboard trinket shop, and the ...