Experts say portions of the continent are pulling apart, creating the possibility that the Horn of Africa will become an island.

The 'Titanic' sinking became the most infamous shipwreck in history—but what really happened on that unusually calm night in ...

A current system in the Atlantic Ocean that's crucial for regulating the world's weather and ecosystems might be more stable ...

A recently released animation shows a new look at a large asteroid that has a small, but significant, chance of impacting planet Earth in seven years.

The Valentine Plunge has raised nearly $5 million for the Joan Dancy and P.A.L.S. (People with ALS) Foundation.

The deepest regions of Earth's oceans, known as the abyssal and hadal zones, lie at least as far under the water's surface as ...

The weakening of the AMOC has paused since the early 2010s. A recent study by scientists at AOML found that the Atlantic ...

In the arid deserts of Ethiopia, a geological marvel has been quietly unfolding since 2005—a 35-mile-long fissure known as ...

But what exactly differentiates a sea from an ocean? While size is probably the most distinguishing feature, in that oceans are much larger than seas, there are several other differences that ...

The Mariana Trench (sometimes called Marianas Trench) is a mysterious and extremely deep oceanic trench. Plunging deeper than ...

Despite advancements in technology and seabed mapping, a large part of the ocean floor remains unexplored. In fact, more people have been to the moon than to the bottom of the Mariana Trench.

A record-breaking dive in the world's deepest trench was marred by the discovery of plastic waste on the seafloor. American diver Victor Vescovo descended nearly seven miles to the deepest part of the ...