Long-term data from a deep-sea observatory shows hurricanes transport reef sediments and pollutants to the deep ocean, ...

Levels of lead and other heavy metals spiked in L.A.’s coastal waters after the January fires, raising serious concerns for ...

From shore, a pipe releases a mixture of water and magnesium oxide — a powdery ... academic groups are pitching the same theory: that sinking rocks, nutrients, crop waste or seaweed in the ocean could ...

Seismometers measuring these two different types of seismic wave can help reveal the density and composition of the underground medium (such as water, or rock) through which those waves travelled ...

As the Aral Sea has been drained by irrigation and dried up, the mass loss on the surface has caused Earth’s upper mantle to rise up, lifting the emptied sea bed an average of 7 millimetres per year ...

still bears scars of a 1979 test mining operation. The collection of small polymetallic nodules, potato-shaped rocks rich in minerals and metals, from an eight-metre strip of the seabed caused ...

The coastline here is as beautiful as it is battered, in a region that has traditionally seen few tourists. But that’s starting to change.

Martian lake beds and deltas reveal the Red Planet’s watery past. But many puzzles remain, scientist Bruce Jakosky says.

Young scientists plan and prepare projects, proving that hands-on learning makes science fun “The science fair is fun when ...

A major storm continued to wallop much of Southern California on Thursday morning, bringing evacuation warnings, fears of ...