About 71% of the Earth’s surface is water-covered, and the oceans hold about 96.5% of all Earth’s water. Water also exists in ...

Dr. Stewart added, "The findings challenge conventional thinking. While El Niño events that bring extreme heat to tropical surface waters in the Pacific are well-documented to cause shallow-water ...

The current unilateral approach may secure minerals in the short term, but it will erode the Pacific partnerships and deterrence architecture the United States needs for long-term security. In April ...

Mother Ocean Day is Saturday, May 9, so here’s a few facts about our waters.

Compared to the actual deepest point of the ocean (the Mariana Trench stretches down nearly seven miles), 831 feet may not seem that deep. But when you consider that this intrepid diver was ...

Scientists have discovered that polymetallic nodules in the Pacific's Clarion-Clipperton Zone generate 'dark oxygen' 4,000 meters below the ocean surface, without sunlight. The finding challenges long ...

NOAA confirms the 'golden orb' found in Alaska is part of a giant sea anemone base, but the rest of the creature remains missing.

Meet the bigfin squid, a quid with 'elbows', enormous rippling fins and tentacles like long, rippling strands of spaghetti ...

Scientists have documented animal life inside the oceanic crust for the first time, uncovering tube worms, bristle worms, limpets, and snails in fluid-filled cavities beneath the Pacific seafloor. The ...

The new deep-sea atlas underscores Beijing’s interest in ocean mining, its military ambitions and its claims to disputed waters. By Sachi Kitajima Mulkey A research arm of the Chinese government said ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. An extreme marine heat wave in the Pacific Ocean off California is breaking daily temperature records, with ...

In the Sound Off on May 6, one of them says, “…we all demand our fair share of what other people have earned. … “No longer is ...