A team of researchers is tapping into the ocean’s vast body of free-floating environmental DNA to catch blooms before they ...

Irina Marinov, associate professor at the Department of Earth and Environmental Science, leads a research community focused ...

Experiments and simulations show Paleolithic paddlers could outwit the powerful Kuroshio Current by launching dugout canoes ...

Japanese researchers turned to “experimental archaeology” to study how ancient humans navigated powerful ocean currents and ...

Public squares, secret gardens and offbeat cafes can offer respite and a sense of community connection, which contribute to ...

Researchers recreated a 30,000-year-old ocean journey from Taiwan to Japan using canoes and simulations to test early human ...

Kathryn Jones is on a mission to read every plaque in every D.C.-area Smithsonian. While she didn’t start the project for ...

An AMOC collapse would usher in global weather and climate shifts — including plunging temperatures in Europe, which relies on the current system for its mild conditions.

A massive ocean survey finds plastic in every layer of the North Atlantic, revealing how deeply it has invaded marine ecosystems.

Our species arose in Africa roughly 300,000 years ago and later trekked worldwide, eventually reaching some of Earth's most ...

An AMOC collapse would usher in global weather and climate shifts — including plunging temperatures in Europe, which relies on the current system for its mild weather.

When and where the earliest modern human populations migrated and settled in East Asia is relatively well known. However, how ...