A huge stretch of the Southern Indian Ocean is rapidly losing its salt, and scientists warn this subtle shift could quietly disrupt global ocean currents and marine life in unexpected ways.

Researchers at Duke University's Nicholas School of the Environment found that ocean saltiness can influence the strength of El Niño, a climate ...

Researchers have long been puzzled by the observed cooling of the eastern tropical Pacific and the Southern Ocean ...

Advances in supercomputing have made solving a long‐standing astronomical conundrum possible: How can we explain the changes in the chemical composition at the surface of red giant stars as they ...

Deep below Clontarf, Balgowlah Heights, Balgowlah, Fairlight and Manly runs a tunnel carved through solid rock that was part ...

The vast ocean hides a world that continues to amaze and sometimes startle us. Divers and fishermen have shared incredible footage of marine animals that look like they belong in another dimension.

A tube of mud can look like nothing special at first. Pull it from half a kilometer under Antarctic ice, though, and every ...

Researchers have discovered evidence of oxygen production in the deep Pacific Ocean, independent of sunlight and living ...

The Alpha Centauri star system is just 4.2465 light-years away – a relative hop, skip, and a jump in a galaxy 100,000 light-years across. Wouldn't it be great to visit? Not just with a fleet of ...

Deep below Antarctic ice, a chance encounter challenges a long-held rule about where sharks can and cannot survive.