STORY: Spotting oil spills as soon as possible is a priority for the offshore oil and gas industry…and now they have a helping hand: artificial intelligence.Norwegian marine data specialists, the ...

When materials are created on a nanometer scale -- just a handful of atoms thick -- even the thermal energy present at room temperature can cause structural ripples. How these ripples affect the ...

Nope, it's not your imagination! The ocean is actually getting greener, according to scientists, and we found out why.

Earth's oceans could one day turn purple. Nearly three fourths of Earth is covered by oceans, making the planet look like a ...

For over 400 years, sailors have reported a mysterious phenomenon in which the ocean appears to glow as far as the eye can ...

"Out of sight, out of mind" is how we often treat what is flushed down our toilets. But the drugs we take, from anxiety ...

Milky seas are a rare bioluminescent phenomenon where vast areas of the ocean glow at night, sometimes for months. This glow, likely caused by Vibrio harveyi bacteria, has been reported by sailors for ...

Sometimes rivers split into branches in unusual ways, reflecting the complexity of Earth's water system on land and how much we still must learn about it.

Passengers aboard an Antarctic cruise were thrown around by giant waves while the ship passed through the Drake Passage in ...

The small Queensland town of Eromanga bills itself as Australia's town furthest from the sea. But this week, an ocean of ...

The ocean is your backyard, and a glass floor lets you watch tropical fish drift beneath your feet. A ladder leads straight into the lagoon, where the water is so clear, you can count the ripples from ...

It is also unlikely to make a major impact on negotiations for the ASEAN–China Code of Conduct (COC) on the South China Sea, which have been stalled for two decades over more fundamental issues of ...