A new modeling study suggests that salt left behind on sea ice could have made the planet even brighter and colder as global glaciation began.

Sixty-five per cent of the exploratory dives into the deep have taken place within 200 nautical miles of either the US, Japan ...

Underwater earthquakes in Antarctica can trigger massive phytoplankton blooms, linking deep-sea seismic activity to ocean ...

Now, far from the icy seas of Antarctica, what’s left of A23a is being eaten away by warmer waters. It’s in its death throes, not expected to last more than a matter of weeks. All icebergs melt ...

More than 71% of Earth is covered by oceans, but about 95% of them remain unexplored. Only about 20% of the seafloor has been ...