It can be seen that over the two-thirds of the surface of the planet, there is less than 0.001% of the deep ocean seafloor, ...

Scientists have launched a fresh effort to find out what could be producing oxygen at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean.

About 700 million years ago, Earth was entombed in a veneer of ice hundreds of feet thick—a frozen state scientists refer to as “Snowball Earth.” Oceans cooled but managed to retain some heat to avoid ...

Scientists are using radar to study damaged ice both in Antarctica and, with the help of a NASA spacecraft, on Jupiter’s ...

Narrow bands of ocean covering just over one-third of the world's seas are responsible for absorbing nearly three-quarters of ...

China has applied a dual-use approach by deploying civilian research ships that provide critical maritime data to its ...

Our planet is a beautiful, blue planet that is mostly covered in water. Scientists usually identify five major oceans: the ...

Stronger El Niño events are more likely when springtime surface waters in the western Pacific Ocean become unusually salty, a ...

A conveyor belt of ocean water that loops the planet and regulates global temperatures could be heading for a tipping point.

Redwing is autonomous underwater glider expected to circle the world in a little over four years, then return to Cape Cod.

A four-year record from the heart of the Ross Ice Shelf shows how subtle changes could shape future sea level rise, ocean ...