The Indian Ocean is the only ocean named after a country, India. Learn how the Indian Ocean was given its title and also get into science-backed facts about its unique warm waters, monsoon currents, ...

While Antarctic meltwater drives rising sea levels, models show it also delays greenhouse gas-induced warming. That’s because icy meltwater from Antarctica reduces ocean surface temperatures in the ...

Before compasses, maps, or metal ships, a seafaring people charted the vast Pacific—settling thousands of islands, founding cities, and creating cultures as diverse as the ocean was wide.

New research is revealing that baby sea turtles do not simply drift on ocean currents during their first epic journey.

A 400-year-old Greenland shark, the world’s longest-living vertebrate, was spotted 4,000 miles from its Arctic home, offering ...

These mysterious creatures undertake extraordinary journeys—a metamorphosis and migration so dramatic it rivals any in nature ...

Officials in Dubrovnik, Croatia, say the strong currents of the Adriatic Sea washed ashore a vast amount of garbage, mostly ...

Copernicus Sentinel-6B Takes Orbit To Strengthen Global Sea-Level Monitoring ...

Britain’s second-largest city is the heartbeat of the Midlands and offers an exciting weekend getaway filled with history, ...

A powerful fine-grid climate model finds hidden drivers of extreme rain, projecting a major jump in flooding as the planet ...

Scientists have raised the alarm over Antarctica's 'Doomsday Glacier' after a new study revealed that underwater 'storms' ...

Few complete skeletons remain of this gentle behemoth, who was destroyed by explorers and fur traders in the Arctic.