Oxygen began entering Earth's oceans around 2.32 billion years ago, and shallow seas followed within a few million years.

For roughly 2 billion years of Earth's early history, the atmosphere contained no oxygen, the essential ingredient required ...

Oceans around the globe have become darker over the last two decades, leaving researchers fearful for their marine inhabitants, according to a new study. Professor Thomas Davies of the University of ...

Large swaths of the Earth’s oceans are being hammered by multiple climate impacts at once, scientists say — a trend that ...

Months after a container ship went down off the coast of India, toxic pollution still contaminates the water and plastic ...

New research shows the Mediterranean is warming faster than other oceans, raising alarms about mounting climate pressures, ...

Our oceans have been experiencing a plastic crisis for decades. We have now reached a pivotal moment in ocean pollution, where the numbers are no longer abstract and time is running out to make an ...

The final week of November was devastating for several South Asian countries. Communities in Sri Lanka, Indonesia and ...

A new study reveals how shifting ice shells on icy moons can cause dramatic pressure changes, sometimes enough to boil their hidden oceans. The outer planets of our Solar System are accompanied by ...

Following decades of limited seabed exploration, NASA has developed new and astonishing technology for Seatrec's underwater ...

UNITED NATIONS: Warning against growing geopolitical competition at sea, Pakistan on Monday told the UN General Assembly that ...