Dozens of companies and academic groups are pitching the same theory: that sinking rocks, nutrients, crop waste or seaweed in ...

The Drake Passage off the West Antarctic Peninsula is a notoriously dangerous channel that connects the Atlantic, Pacific and ...

Between Hawaii and California, trash swirls in giant ocean currents, caught up in the infamous, Texas-sized Great Pacific ...

Scientists use satellite data to find ocean zones where trash naturally gathers for easier, faster, and cleaner clean-up.

NPL and MSL in New Zealand successfully detected a multitude of earthquakes in the Pacific Ocean using a pioneering detection ...

The Greenland ice sheet makes up 80 percent of the world’s largest island. And, it’s melting thanks to human-caused climate ...

After sifting through ocean current data dating back three decades, researchers at the Florida Atlantic University (FAU) have ...

Until now, a global evaluation of ocean current energy with actual data was lacking. Using 30 years of NOAA's Global Drifter Program data, a study shows that ocean currents off Florida's East Coast ...

Experts have been working on mapping the ocean floor with traditional methods, sending ships across the water with sonar ...

Until now, only about a quarter of the seafloor has been mapped using ships with special sonar equipment. The rest has ...

Meteorologists warned of gale conditions and hazardous seas that could make boating dangerous. Beachgoers also were warned.

This nice stretch of sunny skies and warm weather might seem like a perfect day to visit the beach but looks can be deceiving.