The administration wants to include a new High Arctic offshore area in a new oil leasing program, but U.S. rights there are ...

In order to blunt Beijing’s considerable head start on critical minerals, Washington should adopt a two-track policy on ...

"As you take in a beautiful view of the ocean, do you think of sound?" writes columnist Lisa Wooninck. "There is a lot of it ...

A fiery mystery has puzzled geologists for decades: where did the lava fueling one of Earth’s largest volcanic events come from? A new study may finally have the answer. Scientists have long believed ...

This geographical phenomenon, known as the Eastern African Rift (EARS), is believed to have initiated around 22 million years ...

Researchers diving in a submersible in the eastern Pacific realized that the landscape they had studied the day before had ...

Experts believe the Axial Seamount, an underwater volcano which sits on the seabed off the coast of Oregon, is preparing to ...

Marine plastic pollution has always been a well-recognised environmental issue, with 9 to 14 million metric tons of plastic ...

Axial Seamount is situated 300 miles off the Oregon coast and is getting closer to erupting for the first time in 10 years.

Scientists map microplastics across ocean depths, revealing their deep spread, persistence, and potential climate impact.

Picture an ocean world so deep and dark it feels like another planet—where creatures glow and life survives under crushing ...

For millions of years, Earth’s moving plates have sculpted continents, carved oceans, and built massive mountain ranges. Yet ...