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 ...

New Curtin-led research has revealed that water played a far bigger role than previously thought in shaping Earth's first continents, transforming the planet's early crust and helping to build the ...

Mid-ocean ridge basalts (MORBs), located far from subduction zones, are typically thought to be unaffected by subduction ...

Historical accounts of vast ocean waters glowing in the dark go back hundreds of years, and researchers are still trying to ...

Humankind is inextricably dependent on the ocean. Many of our greatest civilizations have thrived on the rim of the ocean. Today, we are more reliant than ever on the ocean for our economic, social ...

The Trump administration's proposed budget could slash NOAA's research funding by 75%, threatening climate data and marine ...

Earth's oceans, known for their deep blue hue, could one day undergo color shifts, say scientists. A report based on a study ...

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 ...

One sign of seasonal change for locals is people flocking to Monterey Bay in the spring and fall to view migrating whales.

La Niña is part of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO), an overall pattern of air pressure changes and wind shifts that alters sea surface temperatures across the equatorial Pacific Ocean. ENSO ...