Newly published research has revealed that compositional rock anomalies within oceanic plates caused by ancient tectonics influence the trajectory and speed of the plates as they plunge deep into ...

The changes in ocean chemistry were gradual. The Archaean period lasted 1.5 billion years. This is more than half of Earth’s ...

For centuries, sailors have reported the eerie glow of "milky seas" — vast areas of ocean that shine at night like a soft ...

A new study in Cell reveals that species living miles beneath the ocean’s surface have independently evolved the same genetic ...

On a quiet Friday, a big earthquake hit Myanmar, killing more than 1,600 people and causing a lot of damage. Buildings fell, ...

Scientists have discovered a hidden ocean deep beneath Earth’s surface—one that could transform what we know about the planet ...

NASA has been monitoring a strange anomaly in Earth's magnetic field: a giant region of lower magnetic intensity in the skies ...

It is unclear what these structures are. If they were anywhere else, they could be portions of tectonic plates that have sunk ...

New research suggests “microlightning” exchanges among water droplets in Earth’s early atmosphere may have sparked the ...

“It’s like the Wild West. Everybody is on the bandwagon, everybody wants to do something,” said Adina Paytan, who teaches earth and ocean science at the University of California, Santa Cru ...