Earth’s deep interior may hold water equal to today’s oceans, challenging long-held views of how the planet became habitable.

On Earth, deep-sea vents may have given rise to the planet’s first life. But nothing of the sort seems to be happening at the ...

As the iron and nickel inside our planet shift, so does Earth's magnetic field, meaning the North (and South) Poles are also ...

For decades, vast stretches of ocean beyond national borders have been governed by patchwork rules and weak oversight .

The High Seas Treaty signals a “new era of global ocean governance”, but experts warn that it will not stop irreversible ...

Over two decades after negotiations began, the High Seas Treaty is designed to protect biodiversity in international waters ...

Moon dust may contain fragments of our planet's history. Scientists are exploring this interesting lead, examining how ...

Cypress tree forest on the seafloor off Alabama reveals how extreme storms and rising seas transformed the coastline 75,000 ...

A new international agreement to protect and conserve seas beyond national jurisdiction entered force this weekend, after ...

Glacial ice is vanishing, but what if we could freeze time? A daring mission in Antarctica may have just done exactly that.

What does it take to turn the most maligned material on Earth into something people actually want to wear? For James Merrill, ...

Scientists have devised the most detailed map to date of the terrain hidden below the vast ice sheet blanketing Antarctica, ...