Rather than relying on sunlight or carbon dioxide, as most life forms on Earth do, it is powered by chemical reactions on the ocean floor ... that this phenomenal natural phenomenon remains ...

In the vibrant yet fragile waters of the Gulf of Oman, spectacular phytoplankton blooms – visible even from space – unfold in ...

But moonbows are much more rare than rainbows—the natural phenomenon happens only when the moon is very low, the sky is dark, and rain is falling opposite the moon. Check out the biggest unsolved ...

Increasing ocean temperatures can cause corals to expel the nutrient-providing algae that they have a symbiotic relationship with. This means coral lose their colour, in what is known as a bleaching ...

“Myanmar is one of the most seismically active countries in the world, so this quake is not a surprise. It looks to have occurred on the major Sagaing Fault, which marks the boundary between two ...

The 68th San Francisco International Film Festival will also honor "The Dutchman" and "Love, Brooklyn" star André Holland and ...

Plastics are durable and strong, which is great while they’re being used but frustrating when they end up in the environment.

Mesoscale eddies, oceanic gyres about 100 kilometers in diameter, are ubiquitous features of the global ocean and play a ...

How is organic matter transported from productive coastal areas to the open ocean? Researchers have now shown that eddies play a crucial role in this process. The swirling currents contain large ...

Scientists have long thought that our solar system's ocean worlds, such as Jupiter's moon Europa and Saturn's moon Enceladus, ...

During a voyage off the east coast of Africa, researchers collected detailed measurements of massive swirling currents that ...