Han’s team estimates that the area covered by salty seawater in this Southern Indian Ocean region has shrunk by about 30% over the past 60 years. They describe it as the fastest freshening seen ...

It stretches nearly 480 kilometres in width. Scientists estimate that millions of cubic metres of water fall downward every second. Its flow rate is several times greater than that of the largest ...

NASA’s Cassini spacecraft detected an electrical circuit linking Saturn to its small moon Enceladus, revealing an invisible electromagnetic structure that stretches across hundreds of thousands of ...

Sediments from Scotland hint that ocean-atmosphere interactions continued more than 600 million years ago despite widespread ice.

In the oceans and on land, scientists are discovering rare, transitional organisms that bridge the gap between Earth’s simplest cells and today’s complex ones.

Little River has been flooded for the second time in a year, leaving residents asking why the council didn't act sooner.

Scientists discovered that wrinkled rocks in Morocco were formed by deep sea microbes that survived without sunlight.

Researchers uncover how slow changes deep inside Earth created Antarctica’s gravity anomaly and may even connect to ancient ...

DA Water and Sanitation spokesperson Stephen Moore says all indications were that Gauteng had now begun water-shifting, termed “load-shifting” by Mashatile on Friday, after residents complained that ...

Barnacles are more than ship pests. Learn how they filter water, feed predators, build habitat, and affect animals and ships.

The Winnemem Wintu, Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians and other groups oppose plans to build the Delta tunnel ...

As the wake of this remarkable voyage settles, the scientific community looks to the future — one where understanding the Florida Current’s secrets could guide humankind's response to the ...