In the mid-20th century, when people looked at a map of the world, they saw the familiar continents surrounded by vast, ...

A new global map of the world's oceans is so visually stunning that it could be mistaken for art. ... In fact, the map has a resolution of 9 miles in the North Atlantic and 47 miles elsewhere.

Above: A marine gravity map of the North Atlantic Ocean Red dots show locations of earthquakes with magnitude > 5.5 and they highlight the present-day location of the seafloor spreading ridges and ...

An AMOC collapse would usher in global weather and climate shifts — including plunging temperatures in Europe, which relies on the current system for its mild conditions.

Though the oceans go through natural cycles of heating and cooling, they’re now occurring on top of a profoundly altered world, creating conditions that humanity has never witnessed before.

The nearly 170,000 square miles of ocean around Ascension Island, one of the world’s most pristine and biodiverse ocean ecosystems, will soon be officially protected. From the surface, Ascension ...

Scientists are running out of extreme adjectives to describe the state of the world’s oceans. Global sea surface temperatures are spiking off the charts. The North Atlantic Ocean, in particular ...