A patch of the Atlantic Ocean just south of Greenland is cooling while much of the world warms. The origin of this "cold blob ...

New research challenges the long-held belief that the Arctic Ocean was covered by a massive ice shelf during ice ages.

At this year's Living Planet Symposium, attendees heard how ESA's Next Generation Gravity Mission could provide the first ...

They live in the ocean’s coldest, darkest depths, far from sight — but cold-water corals are far from safe. In a first-of-its ...

Atlantic hurricane season is off to a rapid and intense start, with three named storms already formed. Record-breaking sea ...

Here's how Jorge the sea turtle prepared for the improbable journey—decades after he was found tangled in a fishing net off ...

Large sea anchors could be used to drag water under a bold plan to keep the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation ...

Scientists found a rhythmic mantle plume beneath Ethiopia is slowly tearing Africa apart - hinting at the birth of a new ...

In East Africa's Afar Depression, scientists have discovered that fresh lava from deep within the Earth's mantle is driving ...

Beneath the Atlantic Ocean, scientists are doing new research on the Hydrothermal Field, an undersea world that may hold the ...

A major ocean current in the Southern Hemisphere has reversed direction for the first time in recorded history, in what ...

Hidden deep beneath the Atlantic Ocean, a remarkable undersea landscape known as the Lost City Hydrothermal Field could be ...