Some 4.6 billion years ago, Earth was nothing like the gentle blue planet we know today. Frequent and violent celestial ...

Tropical storms such as typhoons, hurricanes, and cyclones are Earth's most powerful weather systems. Born over warm oceans, ...

The mood was equal parts celebratory and somber among the 300-odd Chagossians who came together at a community center in ...

During a recent on Politico's "The Conversation" with Dasha Burns, Donald Trump threw a tantrum over Europe pursuing policies ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the Sultanate of Oman this month offers a good opportunity to look at India-Oman ...

Recently, a team of researchers led by Prof. DU Zhixue from the Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry of the Chinese Academy of ...

Ocean microbes can use urea when ammonium is scarce. This helps them survive in poor waters and reshapes our view of the nitrogen cycle.

Under the surface of the ocean, "constellations" of towering subsea mountains dot the Earth – and they are teeming with ...

If you ever find yourself on Macquarie Island—a narrow, wind-lashed ridge halfway between Tasmania and Antarctica—the first ...

A vast number of coastal cities in the U.S. would be submerged in water if sea levels rise 10 feet, according to a map by ...

Emphasising the scale of global ocean-based commerce, the Navy chief noted that maritime trade has grown more than fivefold ...

The vast expanse of the Pacific Ocean, over 5,000 nautical miles across, protects the West Coast of the United States against ...