The changes in ocean chemistry were gradual. The Archaean period lasted 1.5 billion years. This is more than half of Earth’s ...

The tires, averaging about 190 pounds, were floated to the surface with lift bags and then hauled out of the water by a crane attached to the vessel of Blue Ocean Mariculture, a commercial fishing ...

For centuries, sailors have reported the eerie glow of "milky seas" — vast areas of ocean that shine at night like a soft ...

For generations, sailors around the globe have reported a mysterious phenomenon: Vast areas of the ocean glow steadily at ...

A discovery has been made deep beneath the ocean, where scientists have uncovered an unusual form of oxygen, referred to as ...

Strandings of these jellyfish-like animals, sometimes called "by-the-wind sailors," usually mean spring is coming ...

A new study by an international team of researchers revealed that a rare and large summertime phytoplankton bloom in the ...

Analysis of the sediment in Belize’s Great Blue Hole shows a concerning trend. Blue holes, the name for collapsed limestone ...

During a voyage off the east coast of Africa, researchers collected detailed measurements of massive swirling currents that ...

Dark energy makes up roughly 70% of the universe, yet we know nothing about it. Around 25% of the universe is the equally mysterious dark matter, leaving just 5% for everything that we can see and ...

Dark energy, the mysterious force thought to be driving the ever-faster expansion of the universe, appears to be changing over time, according to new observations released Wednesday. If dark energy is ...

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Change is in the air. New data strengthen a hint that dark energy, long thought to be constant force in the universe, might change over time. Dark energy explains the observati ...