The Pliocene epoch, which lasted from 5.3 million to 2.6 million years ago, was a consequential time in Earth's history. The ...

I t carries more than 100 times as much water as all the world's rivers combined. It reaches from the ocean's surface to its bottom, and measures as much as 2,000 kilometers across. It connects ...

Photo Credit: NASA Oxygen-starved ocean “dead zones,” where fish and animals cannot survive, have been expanding in the open ocean and coastal waters for several decades as a result of human ...

The second ocean steam vessel was the steam brig New York, built at the foot of Newcastle Street, Norfolk, Va., in 1821, by William F. Hunter, ship joiner. She was of 281 tons burden and 50 horse ...

The story started with a call from a professor at UC Santa Barbara who had found something during an unrelated underwater research mission. From that tip, ...

More than half of the films showcased at the 40th annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF) were directed by ...

A new study focusing on Enceladus, a moon of Saturn, shows that the physics of alien oceans could prevent evidence of deep-sea life from reaching places where we can detect it.