In the Atlantic Ocean, a system of currents carries vast amounts of warm, salty surface water northward. As this water ...

The oceans are mostly composed of warm salty water near the surface over cold, less salty water in the ocean depths. These ...

Marine life plays a pivotal role in Earth's carbon cycle. Phytoplankton at the base of the aquatic food web take up carbon ...

What processes are contributing to the global oceans reducing the depths where sunlight reaches, also called ocean darkening? This is what a recent study p | Earth And The Environment ...

The tropics have awakened from their winter slumber, and Tropical Storm Alvin may soon be upon us. In the eastern Pacific ...

More than 20 percent of the world’s oceans have darkened in the last two decades, posing a threat to marine life and ...

Tropical Storm Alvin is expected to form in the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday. Here's a look at the storm's projected path and spaghetti models.

Afar is a hotspot with hot rock masses rising from deep within the mantle. It created volcanism and lifted the landscape in northeastern Africa. Hot rock masses then flowed further north beneath the ...

Tropical Storm Alvin has nearly a 100% chance of forming over the next 48 hours, according to the National Hurricane Center.

A tropical storm is brewing over the Eastern Pacific south of Acapulco. Clouds and thunderstorms that have been gathering for ...

A predator that swam Earth's oceans more than half a billion years ago is unlike any creature that lives on our planet today.