Marie Tharp's topographical maps increased our understanding of both the ocean floor and the processes that move the earth's ...

Scientists found Arctic fossils showing ocean life recovered just 3 million years after extinction, revealing how fast ...

While it is well known that climate change is heating the world's oceans, it was thought that the deep sea was safe from its ...

A group of more than a dozen ship owners and transport companies say northern waters need new port facilities, higher quality ...

A new map of Antarctica’s seafloor reveals a vast and previously overlooked network of 332 submarine canyons, some plunging ...

Climate change and the associated rising temperatures are melting more and more frozen ground in the Arctic. This dissolved ...

Expect more activity in the Arctic ocean in spring 2026, when the ice melts. But how quickly the region opens up depends on ...

As sea ice vanishes, polar ocean currents are stirring faster - reshaping heat, carbon, and nutrient flow across the Arctic and Antarctic.

AN ESTIMATED 10,000 walruses unable to find sea ice over shallow Arctic Ocean water have come ashore on Alaska's northwest coast. Scientists with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on ...

A new record of Arctic sea-ice coverage – informed by the slow and steady sedimentation of cosmic dust on the sea floor – reveals that ancient ice waxed and waned with atmospheric warming, not ocean ...

A temperature outlook from the Climate Prediction Center (CPC) shows what conditions the U.S. can expect next week, as an Arctic blast in anticipated to sweep across parts of the country. According to ...

A powerful sub-Arctic high could bring a wave of cold air across the UK from mid-November, according to weather models. Classic blocking conditions over Scandinavia could lead to an extended period of ...