From our perspective, the Earth is pretty darn big and for most people, there is a massive amount of land to explore. After ...

Melting Antarctic ice reveals rocky peaks that release iron, which drifts into the ocean and helps tiny plants absorb carbon ...

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? A new study from scientists at Nagoya University in Japan analyzes how the Earth ...

Earth's ocean, the planet's life-support system, is experiencing rapid and widespread transformations that extend far below its surface. A promising international study published in Nature Climate ...

Imagine a place where pirates and bandits roam free, stripping away entire ecosystems. This is the high seas, a mix of Mad Max and Moby Dick. Ian Urbina’s The Outlaw Ocean reveals a shocking truth: ...

For ages, Earth has been known as a blue planet, a vision largely shaped by the vast oceans that cover three-quarters of its surface. But what if this wasn't always the case, and our oceans used to be ...

Picture this: vast underwater mountains hiding creatures that seem ripped from science fiction, animals that create their own ...

Earth's oceans, known for their deep blue hue, could one day undergo color shifts, say scientists. A report based on a study published in Nature suggests that our oceans have not always been blue, and ...

Two enormous structures that sit at the border between the Earth's mantle and its core have puzzled scientists for decades.

Scientists may finally be closing in on the origins of two colossal, mysterious structures buried nearly 1,800 miles inside ...

The outer planets of the solar system are swarmed by ice-wrapped moons. Some of these, such as Saturn's moon Enceladus, are ...