Japan will initiate a deep-sea trial in January to extract rare earth minerals from the ocean floor at a depth of 5,500 ...

The claim: Pictures show the Earth is flat, and sea levels haven’t changed. A July 31 Facebook post (direct link, archived link) features a collage of images showing natural disasters, Chicago ...

A sudden salinity spike in the Southern Ocean is accelerating Antarctic ice loss and triggering a dangerous climate feedback ...

The ocean around Antarctica is rapidly getting saltier at the same time as sea ice is retreating at a record pace. Since 2015 ...

The dramatic loss of sea ice around Antarctica has occurred with the re-emergence of the Maud Rise polynya in the Weddell Sea ...

Earth’s soil is drying up. It could be irreversible. The losses in soil moisture already pose issues for farming, irrigation systems and critical water resources for humans.

Celestis offers various tiers of space memorial services that range all the way to launching remains into deep space. Their ...

Earth’s major climate goal is too warm for the polar ice sheets, study says. If Earth stays at its current levels of warming — below policymakers’ goal of 1.5 degrees Celsius — polar ice ...

Earth’s ‘Milky seas’ observed from space and sea For the first time, the luminescent nautical phenomenon has been discovered in satellite data and subsequently corroborated by sailors.