Google is among the first companies to change the Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America on its maps. Other sources for online ...

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A tsunami advisory has been issued for Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands after an earthquake in the Caribbean Sea, ...

Can New Jersey's offshore wind industry survive another year of high interest rates, lawsuits and supply chain bottlenecks?

The deepest regions of Earth's oceans, known as the abyssal and hadal zones, lie at least as far under the water's surface as ...

They are accompanied by large print and Braille labels. Tactile cane detector markers are incorporated into the floor to help highlight hazards. If you would like to be sent a copy of the tactile map ...

The world's biggest iceberg is drifting toward a tiny south Atlantic island, potentially affecting the wildlife there, including seals and penguins.

The announcement shows just how shrewdly the U.S. has gamed the international system. Since 1982, a United Nations agreement called the Law of the Sea has served as the cornerstone of the global ...

The study challenges a time-honored assumption about the existence of totally separate North America and Europe separated by the Atlantic Ocean ... which means the whole ocean floor is periodic.

In a proud moment for our heritage, researchers have found evidence that Stone Age humans carved a map of their territory into the floor of a cave, located in modern France. Chipping away to ...

Languages: English. Deep-sea researchers have launched a groundbreaking project to investigate "dark oxygen"—a form of oxygen produced in total darkness on the ocean floor. The initiative ...

Some areas, mostly near coastlines, are already being designated accordingly, but this should be expanded to include areas of the ocean floor that are currently ... Vancouver Island and the mainland.