G eoscientists have used earthquakes to study the composition of the lower portion of the Earth’s mantle under the Pacific ...

The Saya de Malha Bank is one of the world’s largest seagrass fields and the planet’s most important carbon sinks. It faces incalculable risks that threaten the future of humanity.

The Elon Musks of the world might want us to believe that Starlink is the true wave of the future, but we will be using ...

Martian lake beds and deltas reveal the Red Planet’s watery past. But many puzzles remain, scientist Bruce Jakosky says.

A storm, even once it has passed, can leave traces in the ocean that last for thousands of years. These consist of sediment layers composed of coarse particles, which are different from the finer ...

A hidden ecosystem of giant sea spiders, octopuses, and other stunning sea creatures shows how life can flourish even when sealed off from the surface by a thick layer of ice.

The artwork, created by Singaporean artist Lakshmi Mohanbabu in collaboration with tech company NuStar and NTU Singapore, has been deployed 7 kilometers (4.3 miles) beneath the sea. Singapore has ...

The substance can contain up to 1.5 percent water, and if the ringwoodite under the surface has just one percent water in its ...

Arête Glacier Initiative has raised $5 million to improve forecasts of sea-level rise and explore the possibility of ...

Unseen mountains, valleys, lakes, and rivers lie under Antarctica’s mile-thick ice sheet. Changes to those hidden rivers ...

The study suggests that even the faintest hint of penguin droppings in the water is enough to prompt krill into escape ...

At the top of the world, there is a sea—the remains of one, at least. The summit rocks of Mount Everest, the highest ...