The southern Indian Ocean off the west coast of Australia is becoming less salty at an astonishing rate, largely due to ...

The two halves of the African continent are moving apart at a rate of a few millimeters each year, geologists have calculated ...

A new study suggests that some of the world’s oxygen-deprived oceans could eventually regain higher oxygen levels in the centuries ahead, even as the planet continues to warm.

It’s impossible to ignore a new discovery known affectionately as the death ball. And there’s a good reason to pay attention ...

It’s part of the scenario in “The Day After Tomorrow,” but scientists differ over whether or how fast it may occur. A team ...

“We demonstrate that in the past, the eruption of large volcanic eruptions situated near the equator caused a collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation that led to abrupt climate ...

Earth's ocean floor is not just steadily pulling apart; new research reveals rapid, dynamic cracking along mid-ocean ridges.