"Archaeologists did not expect to find such well-preserved structures in such a harsh setting," geologist Yves Fouquet said.

Divers have discovered a long-submerged wall some 7,000 years old under the sea off western France, scientists said Thursday.

Some 4.6 billion years ago, Earth was nothing like the gentle blue planet we know today. Frequent and violent celestial impacts churned its surface and interior into a seething ocean of magma—an ...

An ocean-mining company has funded some of the most comprehensive scientific studies to date, and peer-reviewed results have ...

Scientists have uncovered massive, dense rock structures deep beneath the western Pacific, challenging long-held theories about Earth's mantle. Advanced seismic imaging reveals these anomalies, which ...

As the Arctic Ocean loses its sea ice due to climate change, sunlight penetrates deeper into the water and encourages the growth of tiny plant-like organisms (phytoplankton). But to thrive, they need ...

Humans burp after a big meal. Heat from climate change might be released by the Southern Ocean into the atmosphere sometime in the future. This heat would cause comparable heating to anthropogenic ...

OCEAN ISLE BEACH, NC (WWAY-TV) — Grand View Drive in Ocean Isle Beach looks more like a war zone than paradise. A private street at the east end of Ocean Isle Beach has been undermined by an onslaught ...

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Deep in Earth's past, an icy landscape became a seascape as the ice melted and the oceans rose off what is now the northeastern United States. Nearly 50 years ago, a U.S. government ship searching for ...

Scientists discovered a massive reserve of fresh water under the ocean floor off the coast of Cape Cod this summer. Researchers have long suspected there were aquifers below the ocean floor. But where ...