Giant mounds of sand discovered beneath the North Sea off Norway may scramble what we know about a key geological process.

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

Oceans comprise about 96.5% of the water-covered surface (71%) of the Earth. Surprisingly, the salinity of these huge bodies ...

Scan a modern sea-surface-temperature map and it looks like a painter spilled warm colors across the planet —except for one ...