The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health is warning residents and visitors to avoid swimming, surfing, and playing ...

For 80 years, scientists have been aware of “equatorial waters” in the Pacific and Indian oceans. Finally, similar waters in ...

The world’s oceans are becoming dangerously acidic. A controversial proposal would raise the pH — by mixing chemicals into ...

Using images from cameras on Mars orbiters, an international research team has discovered structures on Mars that are very ...

Scientists uncover how ancient ocean salt controlled carbon storage and shaped global temperatures at the end of the last ice ...

Europa has a deep ocean, but a new study suggests its seafloor may be too quiet to supply the energy life needs to survive.

Rivers deliver freshwater, nutrients, and carbon to Earth's oceans, influencing the chemistry of coastal seawater worldwide.

Evidence found that the end of the last ice age saw a massive warming from the emergence of salty water trapped in the deep ...

Ocean microbes keep the planet healthy by cycling nutrients and capturing carbon, but a detailed and precise map of where ...

This video reveals how a small shrimp uses high speed water jets to hunt and defend itself. By snapping a specialized claw, ...

When the RORC Transatlantic Race fleet slips its moorings in Lanzarote on Sunday, the Atlantic will present itself as a vast, ...

For tens of millions of years, whales have been a part of the oceans. Because of this, it would be easy to believe that ...