Scientists predict that the oceans' oxygen levels could drop 3 to 4% by the year 2100. As that happens, oceans will undergo ...

Long before whales and sharks, enormous marine reptiles dominated the oceans with unmatched power. Scientists have ...

Ocean heat is quietly rewriting the rules of the planet’s most dangerous storms, loading hurricanes with more fuel than the ...

Researchers have mapped the molecular changes that unfold as sunlight causes plastics to leach dissolved organic matter, ...

Scientists have discovered that complex life began evolving much earlier than traditional models suggested. Using an expanded molecular clock approach, the team showed that crucial cellular features ...

The final week of November was devastating for several South Asian countries. Communities in Sri Lanka, Indonesia and ...

Earth's deep mantle stored enough water in rocks to equal one ocean during our planet's early molten days, helping explain ...

Microplastics are scourge of the world’s oceans, but finding where they accumulate could help direct conservation efforts.

Scientists have discovered that most freshwater fish may have originated in ancient oceans, not rivers. Fossils and DNA now reveal a surprising evolutionary journey that reshapes biology.

For roughly 2 billion years of Earth's early history, the atmosphere contained no oxygen, the essential ingredient required ...

UNITED NATIONS: Warning against growing geopolitical competition at sea, Pakistan on Monday told the UN General Assembly that ...