Deep below the surface of the ocean, bacteria and critters that feed off nutrients spouting from hydrothermal vents met with ...

Vast amounts of organic carbon settle on the seafloor each year, coming from decaying marine life and from living (or once ...

Scientists found a rhythmic mantle plume beneath Ethiopia is slowly tearing Africa apart - hinting at the birth of a new ...

Ancient limestones reveal how volcanic carbon once suffocated the oceans - offering a stark warning as modern oxygen levels continue to drop.

A coalition has begun an effort to bring back Tulare Lake and its once-vast wetlands on thousands of acres of farmland in the ...

New images from NASA's Curiosity Mars rover show the first close-up views of a region scientists had previously observed only ...

Studies show that climate-driven turbulence is expected to increase further in the coming decades. See how major flight ...

Kelly Benoit-Bird is Senior Scientist and Science Chair at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) and an alumna of the 1994 International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF), a program ...

Island's famous moai statues are crumbling into the sea, forcing locals to face urgent decisions about how best to protect their heritage.

Nearly 70% of Californians live in coastal counties, which are poised to be the communities most impacted by diminished fog.

A hidden box-lattice suggests groundwater sculpted Mars long after surface water fled; Curiosity’s drills aim to confirm the ...