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 ...

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

The Taam Ja’ blue hole, a massive underwater chasm in Chetumal Bay on the eastern coast of Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula, has just been identified as the deepest blue hole in the world. Previously ...

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.

Dust blown from the Earth's continents falls into the oceans and fertilizes them with nutrients needed for plants, such as ...