Geologists from Heriot-Watt are part of an international research team that has confirmed why the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake off ...

A joint China-Chile expedition aims to explore a 435-mile stretch of the Atacama Trench, a massive subduction zone in the ...

Three-month expedition will plumb uncharted depths of eastern Pacific in quest for new life forms and insights into quakes ...

A system called "SAvE Whales," developed in Greece and tested in the Greek seas, aims to minimize the threat of ship strikes ...

Chinese scientists plunged a submersible 30,000 feet under the ocean's surface and found new chemosynthetic communities in ...

Far below the surface of the Pacific Ocean, scientists have mapped a colossal natural hydrogen system that could reshape how ...

Deep cave layers on Sulawesi preserve tools, bones, and art that may show modern humans overlapping with earlier hominins.

An international team's seafloor study revealed one reason why the 2011 Japan earthquake and tsunami were so devastating. The ...

The Maui Arts & Cultural Center will present two free public programs this week in conjunction with the Ocean of Peace ...

Far below the surface of the western Pacific Ocean, scientists have uncovered a geological system that reshapes how you may ...

Numerous studies have found evidence of microplastics in the human body and warned of the risks to our health. But in the race to research this new field scientists may have drastically overstated the ...

Despite the rising interest, the research surrounding microplastics is still in its infancy, and several challenges complicate accurate measurement. Microplastics are exceptionally small, making it ...