The dangerous world of big wave surfing is defined by a number of unique and remarkable waves around the globe, and arguably ...

In the mid-20th century, when people looked at a map of the world, they saw the familiar continents surrounded by vast, featureless oceans. Beneath the waves, the ocean floor was largely unknown — an ...

Long-term satellite measurements show that Earth’s magnetic field is changing faster and more unevenly than expected, driven ...

The U.S. successfully claimed another one million square kilometers beneath the ocean, expanding its extended continental ...

A century-old North Atlantic cold patch is now linked to a long-term slowdown in the AMOC, the climate-regulating conveyor belt of ocean water. Only weakened-AMOC models match observed temperature and ...

Barrier islands are Florida’s postcard paradises. And developers keep building on them and people keep moving to them in a ...

Securing the world’s subsea arteries demands a comprehensive global architecture that links national and regional efforts with international ones and modernizes the legal and institutional regime. The ...

SpaceX is now seeking FAA approval to add new trajectories as Starship strives to reach orbit. Under the plan, the rocket ...

Extended Continental Shelf likened to a new 'basement'—nearly 60% of Alaska. Mead Treadwell of the U.S. Arctic Research Commission explains.

A vast number of coastal cities in the U.S. would be submerged if sea levels rise 10 feet, according to a map by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). A 10-foot sea level rise ...

Ten years after Delaware's musical festival heyday that brought a Beatle to the state, the wobbly scene is bubbling again ...

The US Department of Defence operates the Pituffik Space Base in northwestern Greenland. Built following a 1951 defence ...