In order to understand currents, tides and other ocean dynamics, scientists need to accurately capture sea surface height, or ...

It floats, it drifts, it doesn’t break down. Plastic in the ocean is everywhere, but now it’s doing more than polluting. It’s ...

A powerful milestone for our shared ocean is about to be achieved,” writes columnist. “The United Nations’ High Seas Treaty will go into effect on Jan. 17 after two ...

U.S. President Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened Greenland and says Washington must take control of the strategically ...

In 2025, scientists warned the ‘planetary boundary’ for ocean acidification had been crossed. This is what that means and why ...

Oceans are also important because they greatly affect weather patterns. As air passes over the ocean, it picks up heat and ...

The world’s oceans are becoming dangerously acidic. A controversial proposal would raise the pH — by mixing chemicals into ...

La Niña, the seasonal climate pattern that emerged in the fall, will likely end by spring in California. There is a 75% ...

A subsea desalination project off Norway plans to turn the North Sea’s natural pressure into freshwater ...

If scientists are able to inspect it in person, and they find that Mars was indeed once alive with microbes, we would know ...

Scientists say these bone-chilling days do not mean that climate change took a vacation. In fact, instead of contradicting ...

The US struck Venezuela and captured its President Nicolas Maduro, who has been taken out of the country, President Donald ...