NPL and MSL in New Zealand successfully detected a multitude of earthquakes in the Pacific Ocean using a pioneering detection ...

The iguanas' 8,000-kilometer trip — one-fifth of the Earth’s circumference — is the longest made by a flightless land vertebrate.

Areas in Southern California slowly sliding toward the ocean. Heavy rainfall and erosion are most likely to blame for the slow-moving landslides that are pushing the Palos Verdes ...

In the cold, lightless Pacific Ocean deep, the seabed is scattered with metal-rich rocks coveted by miners -- and huge ...

It covers nearly three-quarters of our planet but the ocean floor is less mapped than the moon, an astonishing fact driving a ...

Scientists believe they’ve found a window into the dawn of time on Earth, and it’s hidden beneath the Pacific ... map ...

Scientists exploring the Pacific Ocean have uncovered a bizarre “yellow brick road” on the seafloor.

A tiny island in the Pacific Ocean has started selling passports for ... once made it one the world's richest places, but the reserves eventually ran out and left the land unusable.

Ryan Chan is a Newsweek reporter based in Hong Kong, where he previously had over a decade of experience at a local newspaper, covering China and current events around the world. His focus is on ...

Cold, salty water sinks in the North Atlantic, travels deep into the ocean, and resurfaces in the Pacific, ensuring that all the world’s oceans are ultimately connected. However, thermohaline ...

It forms part of the global ocean "conveyor belt" connecting the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian ... Current will be 20% slower by 2050 as the world warms, with far-reaching consequences for life ...