National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek has traveled plenty of miles on foot since 2012 when he began his long walking journey across the globe. But he’s also crossed a number of sea crossings, as ...

The warming hole might be a sign that Atlantic Ocean currents are slowing down. This network of currents regulates Earth's ...

The closure of the ancient Tethys Seaway has left an indelible mark on Earth’s history. As tectonic forces slowly reshaped ...

Scientists have found scour marks on the seabed made by giant icebergs about 18,000 years ago, and they could offer clues to ...

Covering more area than all the continents combined, the Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest body of water on Earth. Its ...

Seismologist Deborah Kilb was wading through California earthquake records from the past four decades when she noticed ...

Mostly cloudy with a high of 52 °F (11.1 °C). Winds NW at 14 to 16 mph (22.5 to 25.7 kph). Night - Partly cloudy with a 51% chance of precipitation. Winds NW at 14 to 17 mph (22.5 to 27.4 kph ...

Ocean plays a vital role in the global economy, acting as a safeguard of humanity’s most basic needs - it provides oxygen, food, and energy, regulates the water cycles, transports goods in our ...

It was on a boat in the Southern Ocean, far out of sight of land. Hamilton was buried at sea, an event so rare that his was the first sea burial in Victoria in the past decade. After a beautiful ...

And yet, as a reckless plan to dump biomass in the Black Sea shows, it needs to be said.

Anna Skinner is a Newsweek senior reporter based in Indianapolis. Her focus is reporting on the climate, environment and weather but she also reports on other topics for the National News Team ...

The hope is to one day study a milky sea in real-time and uncover its ecological role—whether it signals ocean health or harm—while unraveling how these glowing patches connect Earth’s surface, sky, ...