A powerful future earthquake, coupled with climate-driven surges in sea levels, could significantly increase flood risks in ...

While there were some small signs of biological recovery, the team uncovered lasting changes to the sediments and a striking ...

A massive stone monolith has been found protruding from the Pacific Ocean seafloor like a giant finger, according to NOAA Ocean Exploration. The pillar is 49 feet high, 36 feet long and 13 feet wide, ...

Coastal models enhance understanding of future flooding frequency on atoll islands, paving the way to explore the limits of adaptation in the face of rising sea levels and climate change.

Certain places on Earth seem far too extreme to support life, but that assumption is far from true. Rather, life apparently ...

Scientists are worried because they can’t fully explain the big jump, but they think it might mean that carbon absorption by forests, fields and wetlands is slowing down—a major problem for the world.

Researchers discovered tiny features on sculpins' fins which may enable them to cling firmly in harsh underwater environments.

Over the past two decades, satellite-based planetary observations have recorded rapid mass loss of Patagonian glaciers, contributing approximately 0.07 mm per year to global sea-level rise. A study ...

Over the past two decades, satellite-based planetary observations have recorded rapid mass loss of Patagonian glaciers, ...

More than four-fifths of the world's coral reef areas have been affected by devastating mass bleaching spurred by record-high ...

Far beneath the surface of the Pacific Ocean, in one of Earth’s least explored regions, scientists have found a surprising ...