Whoever controls the Strait of Hormuz, off the coast of Iran, controls nothing less than the sole maritime gateway for most of the Persian Gulf’s oil riches to the world.

A new study found that many of our predictions on sea-level rise have been predicated on inaccurate starting numbers. In many places, especially Southeast Asia and the Pacific, it's significantly ...

A UN report warns that nearly half of the world’s migratory species are declining, and about one in four face the risk of extinction.

Models show that as the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation gets weaker, the Gulf Stream will drift northwards. There ...

To celebrate the long-running manga reaching over 600 million sales worldwide, manga creator and author Eiichiro Oda has written the secret to One Piece on a piece of paper, sealed it inside a ...

The world's oceans are shifting beneath us in ways that researchers say have no real precedent in the modern record. The ...

You can rent an entire private island in the Florida Keys for about $223 per person and enjoy snorkeling, fishing, sunsets, ...

A new study links oil found on Palm Beach debris to a 2019 Brazil spill that traveled 5,200 miles across the Atlantic on ...

A new study links oil found on Palm Beach debris to a 2019 Brazil spill that traveled 5,200 miles across the Atlantic on floating plastic.

On Wednesday, March 4, a study was published that showed that sea levels are much higher than scientists have previously ...

The United States has long considered Iranian naval ships a serious threat, even as the country’s nuclear and missile programs dominate discussions of its military capabilities.

A new study in the journal Nature says most sea level rise research may have underestimated coastal water heights by an ...