Evidence from fossil shells suggests that falling seawater calcium helped lock away carbon dioxide and helped cool Earth after the dinosaurs.

New research shows ancient tropical oceans once held more oxygen than cooler regions, reshaping where early life could ...

A team of scientists have developed new deep-sea landers specifically to test their contentious discovery that metallic rocks at the bottom of the ocean are producing "dark oxygen". If a previously ...

A sharp plunge in ocean calcium levels may be the missing link in Earth’s long transition from a hot, dinosaur-era greenhouse ...

New research reveals that Central Asia’s rugged terrain was molded by the vanished Tethys Ocean, millions of years before the Himalayas even rose.

French explorer Jean-Louis Etienne and his crew of eight scientists this week began an expedition to the remote waters of ...

The High Seas Treaty took effect Jan. 17, creating the first global framework to protect and manage the vast waters beyond national borders that cover more than 40 percent of the planet. Humanity is ...

The GQ columnist and longtime festival-experience skeptic checks into the Hard Rock for the fourth edition of Wilco's annual ...

The dream holiday isles of the Maldives have contributed zero to global warming but will be among the first to feel its ...

A new decade-long study tracked 37 penguin colonies and found that the birds are breeding earlier. The shift marks one way ...

Dubbed the “High Seas Treaty,” formally known as the Agreement on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ Agreement), the treaty ...

Two new landers capable of withstanding 1,200 times the pressure on the Earth’s surface will help uncover the secrets of the ...