Nanoplastics—particles smaller than a human hair—can pass through cell walls and enter the food web. New research suggest 27 ...

The weather system could develop into a tropical depression on Friday, July 4, or early in the weekend, near the Carolina ...

Deep in the Atlantic Ocean, scientists have discovered a haunting undersea world that may hold the blueprint for how life began on Earth. This vast field of mineral towers, called the Lost City ...

Even though the practice is now banned, more than 200,000 barrels filled with radioactive waste lie at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean.

Scientists have begun harnessing the powerful, low-frequency songs of whales to map the ocean floor to understand water topography.

African rift stretches 2,000 miles “What we do not know is if this rifting will continue on its present pace to eventually open up an ocean basin, like the Red Sea, and then later to something much ...

Take a deep dive into the ocean’s secrets. ExtremeTech reveals its hidden layers and life forms. Discover the depths of our planet today.

High-resolution full waveform seismic tomography of the Earth’s mantle beneath the south and central Atlantic Ocean brings into focus a series of asthenospheric low shear velocity channels, or “fin ...

At the time of the accident, OceanGate claimed Titan was one of only three submersibles in the world capable of withstanding the pressures experienced at the bottom of the North Atlantic Ocean.

The students shadowed National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration scientists and technicians while they conducted a survey of the floor of the Atlantic Ocean.