We can thank the Moon for predictable weather, ocean currents and the circulation of important nutrients. The Moon also helps ...

Scientists have expressed growing concern over a major Atlantic current that could collapse and send northern Europe into the ...

Storm-driven runoff has pushed bacteria levels above safety thresholds at several California beaches, prompting health officials to advise avoiding ocean contact until testing shows improvement. You ...

When researchers set out to measure tiny plastic fragments in Arctic waters, they expected to find pollution that had drifted ...

A look at what we know and don't yet know about how climate change could affect the paths of these storms — and the all-important question of how often they'll make landfall.

In ordinary circumstances coral reefs are among the most productive ecosystems on Earth, built slowly by animals that appear to be plants. Each coral polyp houses microscopic algae that convert ...

With warming set to pass the critical 1.5-degree limit, scientists are warning that the world is on course to trigger tipping ...

Toyin Falola, a professor of history, has raised concerns over the growing consumption and trafficking of illicit drugs across Africa.

The IMO's Sub-Committee on Pollution Prevention and Response held its 13th session at IMO Headquarters in London from 9 to 13 ...

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A new study published in the Journal of Climate reveals how surface warming in Antarctica, particularly over the Antarctic Peninsula, is significantly altering the stability of the lowest layers of ...

Half of Earth’s oceans are more than 3.2km deep. Beneath them lie cavernous plains untouched by sunlight, vast gaping trenches made by Earth’s tectonic plates shifting, and ranges of underwater ...