When polar ice sheets melt, the effects ripple across the world. The melting ice raises average global sea level, alters ...

Four key climate systems are showing signs of instability and approaching tipping points with potentially abrupt and ...

The Sentinel-6B is the second of two satellites in a $1 billion program to monitor sea levels over a full decade.

Rising sea levels reshape coastal areas faster than expected. Natural defenses fall behind and old seafloor maps hid ...

The planet could see 2 degrees Celsius of warming by the end of the decade. Earth may have already passed 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming and could be soon heading for 2 degrees of warming, researchers ...

Pumping groundwater appears to have a greater consequence than ever previously thought. But now—thanks to a study published ...

Scientists have used the geological record of the deep sea to discover a connection between the orbits of Earth and Mars, past global warming patterns and the speeding up of deep ocean circulation.

This photo captured streaks of fragile ice stretching across a narrow ocean channel in Antarctica. The rare sight was triggered by a combination of high winds and unusual ocean currents, and it could ...

Aside from penetrating the Earth's crust (hopefully without disturbing some science fiction horror), it's also a multi-purpose vessel capable of deep-sea resource exploration with a focus on finding ...

To see Earth from space is to be forever changed by the view. Since Alan Shepard became the first American to lay eyes on our ...