oceanography

At a park in the Italian Alps, researchers have unearthed a trove of World War I relics that was previously hidden…

If we keep on the path we’re on, Antarctica might be really, truly toast. A new study shows that the continent might…

In the depths of the ocean off the northwest Australian coast lie vast, mysterious ecosystems. Until recently, they…

In the already-glum world of climate research, tipping points are one of the least rosy areas of study. The collapse…

Seems like no one is keeping an eye on what polluters are doing in the Gulf of Mexico. For decades, the federal…

Between offshore oil and gas drilling, shipping, wind turbines, and even jet skis, the ocean is a pretty loud place.…

On April 13, 2018, a huge swell of water broke on the eastern shore of Lake Michigan. It was a tsunami, one far…

The National Weather Service experienced multiple outages of major systems on Tuesday, taking its public-facing…

Living at depths approaching an entire mile, deep-sea Arctic sponges are a scientific curiosity, as they’ve somehow…

Jars of dirt taken from a Cold War-era military caper and lost in a freezer for decades could hold crucial new…

About 20 miles (32 kilometers) off the Californian coast, the 10,500-pound (4,7630-kilogram) remote submersible Doc…

Sound travels faster and farther underwater because it’s denser than air, and that can make it harder for…

Stunning new evidence suggests the Arctic Ocean was covered by a thick layer of ice and filled with fresh water on…

We talk about ice a lot here on Earther—or more specifically, the growing absence of it. A new study puts what’s…

A new study has found that the impacts of deep sea mining are still felt a quarter of a century later.

More than 2,000 feet beneath the ocean surface, an otherworldly, 50-foot-wide marine organism floats... and feeds.

Scientists are determining the lifespan of the world’s largest fish with the help of nuclear weapons tests from the…

You won’t see many living things above the ocean surface hundreds of miles southeast of Madagascar—an albatross or…

Seafloor mapping has revealed craters beneath the Pacific Ocean from nuclear weapons testing, scientists report.

Scientists studying the vast, remote waters encircling Antarctica frequently enlist the help of elephant seals,…