Scientists have uncovered a surprising mechanism that may explain how Earth cooled dramatically after the age of dinosaurs.

The last ice age did not shut down Atlantic ocean currents, and that discovery may help explain future climate risks.

Researchers used satellite data to calculate and simulate the sea level in a canyon, getting a glimpse of a huge ocean.

There are many types of penguins, a family of flightless aquatic birds that live primarily in the Southern Hemisphere. Read ...

Evidence from fossil shells suggests that falling seawater calcium helped lock away carbon dioxide and helped cool Earth after the dinosaurs.

The Metals Company, a prominent seabed-mining company, applauded the change and filed a new application more than doubling ...

In addition to shaping the interior of rocky planets, molten rock located deep within these planets may also contribute to ...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration finalized new regulations Wednesday that consolidate deep-sea mining ...

Researchers have discovered that chemical reactions in underwater hydrothermal vents could have produced the necessary ...

During the last ice age, the Atlantic Ocean’s powerful current system remained active and continued to transport warm, salty water from the tropics to the North Atlantic despite extensive ice cover ...

During the last ice age, the Atlantic Ocean's powerful current system remained active and continued to transport warm, salty ...

Researchers have uncovered surprising evidence that the deep ocean’s carbon-fixing engine works very differently than long assumed. While ammonia-oxidizing archaea were thought to dominate carbon ...