But sometime in the very distant future, there may be a new guest: a sixth ocean. As a result of movement from the East ...

Under our feet, processes are occurring that could reshape the world map in the long run. Africa, although it seems like a ...

The Somali plate is moving away from the Nubian plate, pulling apart the crust of the Earth. This activity will ultimately generate a new ocean basin as the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden submerges the ...

The deepest regions of Earth's oceans, known as the abyssal and hadal zones, lie at least as far under the water's surface as ...

Learn how time scales for objects thousands versus millions of years old could be better synchronized.

A current system in the Atlantic Ocean that's crucial for regulating the world's weather and ecosystems might be more stable ...

Until now, 90 per cent of the excess heat created by greenhouse gas emissions has been drawn down into the ocean, but this capacity for heat absorption is now being lost, which could lead to longer ma ...

A new study found that the ocean temperature is rising four times faster than it was in the 1980s, and it's not just because of climate change.