The ocean's smallest engineers, calcifying plankton, quietly regulate Earth's thermostat by capturing and cycling carbon.

The fading ocean green, a sign of phytoplankton decline, is a red flag for key ocean systems that sustain food chains and ...

Moroccan rocks reveal that Earth’s magnetic field once changed fast but followed a hidden order, helping scientists map ...

Study warns that humans may be driving Earth toward a sixth mass extinction. The research shows species loss, but the future ...

The view of Earth from space is famously familiar—bright blue ocean, swirling gyres of white clouds, touches of terrestrial ...

Ryugu’s samples reveal that water activity on asteroids lasted far longer than scientists thought, possibly reshaping ...

When the balance in reflectivity shifts, “the whole circulation of the climate will shift in order to transport energy from ...

New NASA research using supercomputers shows Earth's habitability is threatened sooner than thought. Rising solar radiation ...

This 2020 astronaut photo shows the unusual cetacean-like shape of Belize's Lighthouse Reef. It's home to the famous Great ...

Earth's oceans, known for their deep blue hue, could one day undergo color shifts, say scientists. A report based on a study published in Nature suggests that our oceans have not always been blue, and ...

For ages, Earth has been known as a blue planet, a vision largely shaped by the vast oceans that cover three-quarters of its surface. But what if this wasn't always the case, and our oceans used to be ...

Recent discoveries have unveiled compelling evidence suggesting that Mars was once covered by a vast ocean. This conclusion ...