Today we are witnessing rapid global sea level rise attributable mostly to climate change–driven melting of ice sheets and ...

Seventy-one percent of the planet is covered by ocean. If we were to make an elevation average of the Earth’s surface, we’d ...

The Rice’s whale is among the most endangered marine mammals on the planet, with estimates that there may be as few as 51 ...

This reduction, mostly resulting from a global slowdown in seafloor spreading, caused ocean basins to deepen. In the new work, the researchers considered various possible initial conditions for ...

Seventy-one percent of the planet is covered by ocean. If we were to make an elevation average of the Earth’s surface, we’d be 3,000 meters (almost 10,000 feet) below the sea. This vast ...

They're tiny, blobby, butt-shaped, and glow in the dark. What the heck are they? Scientists are still figuring them out.

Glaciers once inched toward the sea, gouging rocks. When the ice masses melted, they infused oceans with nutrients that may ...

"Last Breath," based on a thrilling true story of a diver stranded on the seabed, is powered by its strong ensemble cast, ...