Although the Earth’s been decidedly blue for 600 million years, rising populations of phytoplankton caused by rising ...

The story of oceans is the story of life. Oceans define our home planet, covering the majority of Earth’s surface and driving the water cycle that dominates our land and atmosphere. But more profound ...

A 35-mile-long fissure in East Africa signals the continent’s gradual separation, leading to the formation of a new ocean in ...

Beneath the Earth's surface lies an expansive "ocean ... water reservoir is three times larger than all the oceans on our planet combined. This finding could significantly alter our understanding ...

Earth's magnetic field results from a swirling sea of electrically charged molten iron in the planet's outer core. Heat currents and Earth's spin both fuel the movement of this liquid iron.