As Antarctic ice melts, vast amounts of freshwater flow into the Southern Ocean, altering its salinity and density.

Aurimas Mockus was close to completing his 7,500-mile journey from California to Queensland, but activated an emergency ...

In the city of Del Mar, near San Diego, most agree the train tracks must move off eroding bluffs. But debate over its new ...

The new study reveals that the African plate and the Pacific plate have different chemical compositions and ages, parting ways with the old study, which proposed they are both similar in composition.

After winter storms, the beach becomes a natural museum of oceanic curiosities—Japanese glass floats, agates, sand dollars, and occasionally, if you’re very lucky, fossilized remnants from ancient ...

Unlike the typical blue-and-green depiction of Earth, this photo shows the planet in a mossy green hue, framed by a thin ...

A Lithuanian rower has been rescued off the Queensland coast after he was caught in a tropical cyclone’s 130km/h winds and monster waves. Aurimas Mockus ran into trouble about 740km east of Mackay ...

Cape Reinga, at the very northern tip of New Zealand, is known for being where the Tasman Sea meets the Pacific Ocean, where ...

Overall, February was a chilly and snowy month across the Inland Northwest. At Cliff’s station in Coeur d’Alene, the average high for the month was 36 degrees, with a low of 22 degrees. A total of 23.

Scientists used one of Australia's most powerful supercomputers to model how melting ice sheets might change the Antarctic ...

An adventurer who tried to row across the Pacific Ocean from the United States to Australia has been rescued just days before he reached his final destination. Lithuanian rower Aurimas Mockus sounded ...

Part of the system that pumps water, heat and nutrients around the globe is at risk. Climate change could slow the Antarctic ...