The Ocean's Protective Blanket Oceans act like Earth's protective blanket, absorbing about 90% of the excess heat generated ...

The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's ocean basins, according to the National Ocean Service. It contains more than half of the free water on Earth, spanning around 63 million square miles.

Earth’s largest mountains, over 100 times taller than Mount Everest, have been found on the boundary between Africa and the ...

Recent scientific discoveries are revealing two extraordinary phenomena that could change the way we understand Earth’s hydrology: the slow emergence of a new ocean in East Africa and the existence of ...

Police bodycam footage shot on Monday shows deputies helping to free a giant ocean sunfish that had become stuck in shallow ...

Life on Earth is incredibly diverse ... Right whales are among the largest marine mammals and typically reach weights of up to 70 tons. These ocean giants typically measure up to 52 feet long ...

It is found in the depths of Indian Ocean and named as the gravity hole or Indian Ocean geoid low, an anomaly where gravity ...

Members of OCEARCH recently tagged a massive 13.8-foot white shark off the Georgia-Florida coast. The white shark weighs ...

Iceberg A23a, one of the world's largest icebergs, is drifting toward South Georgia, posing potential risks to wildlife and ...

How conversant are you with the Ocean? The ocean is the largest water body on the Earth, with many fascinating facts, yet it has not been explored fully. According to Kat Millage, a Marine Scientist ...

Scientists are predicting that Earth's eighth continent could develop a lot sooner than initially thought. We'll be long dead ...

A new study finds that the rate of ocean warming has more than quadrupled over the past 40 years—and pinpoints why. By Sachi Kitajima Mulkey / Grist Posted on Jan 30, 2025 This story was ...