New research from the University of Copenhagen suggests that volcanic eruptions during the Ice Age may have triggered sudden ...

Scientists discovered plate anomalies in Earth's mantle using seismic wave analysis. These mysterious structures challenge tectonic theories.

The oceans are mostly composed of warm salty water near the surface over cold, less salty water in the ocean depths. These two regions don't mix except in certain special areas, which creates a large ...

At the edge of the Antarctic Peninsula, far from research stations and tourist routes, a small team collected seawater in ...

The geoid (the surface of equal gravitational potential of a hypothetical ocean at rest) serves as the classical reference ...

"Antarctica still has much lower plastic levels than most of the planet, and that’s good news," he said. "Our study suggests that, right now, microplastics are not flooding thes ...

At the beginning of February, the water level in the Baltic Sea dropped sharply. Experts tell Euronews it is a result of ...

Researchers have long been puzzled by the observed cooling of the eastern tropical Pacific and the Southern Ocean ...

The American Energy Alliance President Tom Pyle captured it perfectly: the finding was “weaponized against projects and goods ...

A new study focused on cryptic species—animals that look the same but are genetically different—found that they’re more widespread among vertebrates than we previously thought.

None of the main research on the voyage of the Araon was funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation, a sign of the difficult times for American science.