The USS "Monitor" was the U.S. Navy's first ironclad warship. The vessel, which sank off of North Carolina in 1862, revolutionized naval warfare ...

Australia’s science agency is cutting more than 100 jobs in its Environment Research Unit, which critics say will crush our capacity to predict climate change.

The precipitation of salt out of sea ice created a feedback mechanism that might explain the formation of Snowball Earth, the most extreme climatic event in the history of our planet. The idea, ...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) recently released highlights from its 2025 survey of the USS Monitor, the iconic prototype ironclad warship that sank during the Civil War.

Two video cameras and a weather station near Marconi Beach in Wellfleet help USGS scientists test water level warning system for the Atlantic Coast.

A long-running debate about the Silverpit Crater beneath the North Sea has finally been resolved. Scientists now confirm it formed when a roughly 160-meter asteroid struck the seabed about 43–46 ...

In the study, researchers compared two such parameterizations: one developed by Fox-Kemper in 2011 and another developed in 2023 by co-author Abigail Bodner ScM’20 PhD’21, assistant professor of Earth ...

Wrinkle structures are small ridges and pits in rock, often made by microbial mats. They’re best known from Precambrian and Cambrian strata, where they serve as important evidence of early life, and ...

From above, the ocean reveals a breathtaking natural formation—a massive turquoise lagoon surrounded by coral reefs and deep blue water. This stunning circular pattern in the sea highlights the hidden ...

As of Wednesday, March 11, Ocean Power Technologies, Inc.’s OPTT share price has dipped by 12.84%, which has investors questioning if this is right time to buy.

When marine organisms die and sink, billions of tons of organic and inorganic carbon are carried downward each year. The ...

Victorian government says ‘it’s only fair’ Great Ocean Road tourists should pay to see famous limestone stacks ...