A zone in the North Atlantic has puzzled scientists for decades. This stretch of water is strangely colder than its ...

The warming hole might be a sign that Atlantic Ocean currents are slowing down. This network of currents regulates Earth's ...

New research suggests melting ice sheets are warming global temperatures which may speed up continental drift, creating ...

No dorsal fin. V-shaped blow. Almost extinct. Right Whale Day brings a rare species into focus — before it’s too late.

Learn how a computer simulation demonstrates that tectonic activity may be less slow and steady than previously thought.

The Atlantic Ocean has been widening for hundreds of millions of years, but its growth may have briefly gone into overdrive ...

Around 10,000 years ago, as the last Ice Age drew to a close, the drifting of the continent of North America, and spreading in the Atlantic Ocean, may have temporarily sped up—with a little help from ...

Around 10,000 years ago as the last Ice Age drew to a close, the drifting of the continent of North America, and spreading in ...

The Tara Polar Station, a $23 million research vessel with a crew of 12, will drift across the Arctic ice to enable better ...

As the Earth's crust shifted and groaned over millions of years, something extraordinary happened beneath the surface. Deep ...

Gerecht’s piece also reveals a troubling tendency to prioritize Israel’s security over America’s. Gerecht frets over Ankara’s criticisms of Israel and its support for Hamas and Syrian Islamists. Yet ...