One of the world's continents is breaking apart faster than researchers previously predicted. The separation would create a ...

In the arid deserts of Ethiopia, a geological marvel has been quietly unfolding since 2005—a 35-mile-long fissure known as the East African Rift. Far from being a mere curiosity, this rift holds the ...

Even European home waters were named by sailors after their destination. The Irish Sea was the route from England to Ireland; ...

The 403-foot-tall (123 meters) vehicle lifted off successfully and achieved stage separation ... spacecraft exploded over the Atlantic Ocean near the Turks and Caicos islands around 8.5 minutes ...

Scientists have warned that the African continent is splitting apart at a faster rate than previously thought.

That recognition gave it the same stature as the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian and Arctic oceans. Experts say the Southern Ocean was formed about 30 million years ago when the landmasses of Antarctica ...

Earth’s mantle behaves like a slow-moving fluid, but that hasn’t stopped two vast regions at its base from maintaining a separation ... of the Atlantic; the other under the Pacific Ocean.

Atlantic, Indian, Arctic, and Southern Oceans – mingling, reveling, occasionally roiling. But sometime in the very distant future, there may be a new guest: a sixth ocean. As a result of ...

For the record, China has pursued a decadely war of strategic position in the South China Sea, turning reefs into artificial islands and seizing Filipino waters. In 2016, the U.N.'s Hague's ...