Hidden inside a piece of agatized coral lies a natural masterpiece over 20 million years old. When cut open, its interior reveals vivid crystal formations that look like alien landscapes frozen in ...

NOAA is mapping Cape Cod Bay seafloor for the first time in decades, using sonar to chart hazards and update nautical charts ...

For millions of years, a fragment of ice and dust drifted between the stars—like a sealed bottle cast into the cosmic ocean.

By the 2030s, the world’s oceans may become as transparent to sensors as the skies became to radar in the 20th century. With help from AI, multiple transmitters and receivers – mounted on ships, ...

Geological time, generally considered as a system of eras, periods and epochs materialized in rock strata, might actually follow a simple and unifying model. Indeed, a new study led by ...

A series of submersible surveys to nearly 10 kilometers in the deepest parts of Japan's ocean trenches have revealed seafloor ...

As 2023 wraps up, President Joe Biden has found himself well underwater in approval polls and behind his potential 2024 GOP challengers more often than he is ahead, including in key states when pitted ...