Experts have been working on mapping the ocean floor with traditional methods, sending ships across the water with sonar ...

A secret map of Ireland's coastline played a crucial role in taking down a powerful alliance of pirates that had based itself in the southwest of Ireland in the 17th century.

Its climate, opposite seasons, and an incredible range of terrain and mountain bike trails make it one of the most desired ...

NASA’s new video is also just fun to watch. The animation shows what the seafloor looks like off the coasts of Mexico, South ...

Unseen mountains, valleys, lakes, and rivers lie under Antarctica’s mile-thick ice sheet. Changes to those hidden rivers ...

The Drake Passage off the West Antarctic Peninsula is a notoriously dangerous channel that connects the Atlantic, Pacific and Southern oceans.

Panelists discuss Chinese military strategy and global power projection as a pacing threat during latest Cultural and Area ...

The mantle transition zone (MTZ), which occurs 410–670 kilometers below Earth's surface, may store several oceans' worth of water. This water, which is carried to such depths by subducting tectonic ...

Until now, a global evaluation of ocean current energy with actual data was lacking. Using 30 years of NOAA's Global Drifter ...

The partial solar eclipse on March 29, 2025, will be seen from North America, Europe, Russia and parts of Africa.

Sometimes sleep takes priority over cool celestial events. Luckily, you can catch a partial solar eclipse this month and a ...

Most tsunamis start with earthquakes under or near the ocean ... coastlines of Africa and South America fit together and proposed the continents had once been connected; Tharp identified mountains and ...