The ocean with the maximum number of islands is a key feature of Earth’s geography and natural history. These islands were formed over millions of years due to volcanic eruptions, tectonic movements, ...

Forest to coast. Coast to reef. Reef to ocean. Ocean back to land. It is the chain of life in motion, each link depending on ...

Critical minerals are found in several forms in the ocean, from potato-size nodules to brine pools. They are also in some of the least understood parts of our planet.

Somewhere in the North Atlantic, more than a kilometer beneath its surface, a cold-water coral reef stretches across an ...

Climate change's rising seas may threaten tens of millions more people than scientists and government planners originally thought because of mistaken ...

Rising seas are reshaping the world’s lowest-lying islands, but responsible travel can be part of the solution. so how can we visit without increasing their vulnerability?

THE Moon’s “skin” is cracking as Earth’s lunar pal SHRINKS, scientists say. Rather than being a dead rock whizzing around Earth, our neighbouring moon is still active – ...

The United States Coast Guard has seized more than 200,000 pounds of cocaine from foreign drug traffickers and cartels since August, attributing the haul over the last six months to a particular ...

Jessica Kolbusz receives funding from the marine research organisation Inkfish LLC. The funder was not involved in the study design, collection, analysis, interpretation of data, the writing of this ...

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The U.S. military said Friday it launched a lethal strike against a vessel suspected of drug trafficking in the eastern Pacific Ocean, the first such attack since a raid earlier this month that led to ...

Jan. 23 (UPI) --Two were killed and another survived a lethal kinetic strike on an alleged drug vessel in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, U.S. Southern Command announced. Personnel with Joint Task Force ...