We know next to nothing about Earth’s seafloors. According to a study published May 7 in Science Advances, humans have only ...

A part of Northern Africa is slowly splitting apart from the rest of the continent and may eventually create a whole new ocean, according to scientists. The phenomenon is due to plate tectonics in the ...

After almost 100 years on planet Earth, Sir David Attenborough marks his birthday today with a stark warning that the oceans ...

(Oregon Department of Transportation/Flickr) If the once-every-500-year Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake doesn ... a professor of earth and ocean sciences at the University of North Carolina ...

Here are answers to three questions about the High Arctic. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, an arm of the Interior ...

New high-resolution satellite map reveals nearly 100,000 unknown ocean mountains, or seamounts, boosting climate and maritime ...

Above all, don’t underestimate the force of storm surge and its risks. Following evacuation orders, preparing in advance and ...

If the once-every-500-year Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake doesn’t do enough damage to the coastal Northwest on its own, ...

If the once-every-500-year Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake doesn’t do enough damage to the coastal Northwest on its own, frequent and widespread flooding from rising seas that follows will ...

The administration wants to designate a High Arctic offshore area beyond the 200-mile limit as part of a new oil leasing plan ...

The phenomenon has happened before and is due to an active continental rift zone Toria Sheffield joined ... Getty The Earth may eventually have a new ocean. Tectonic plate movement under a section ...