A larger shelf means legal access to more of the ocean floor’s riches: animals, hydrocarbons, and, perhaps most important, ...

When Virgin Atlantic Flight 10 took off from New York’s JFK International Airport this week, it was running 1 hour 13 minutes ...

A massive iceberg, identified as A23a, is drifting northeastward and could be on a collision course with the British territory of South Georgia Island. As of mid-January, the iceberg was estimated to ...

Several fishermen helped Coast Guard crewmembers rescue four Americans whose ship had sunk after striking several rocks.

Four men were rescued after their boat sank north of the Dominican Republic and taken to Jacksonville, the Coast guard said ...

The jet stream is like a river of west-to-east winds in the upper atmosphere. Airplanes use it like a highway.

Earth, being 71% covered in water, is influenced by the ocean and its movements. In the Atlantic Ocean, a system of connected ...

Since our last roundup, the World's Toughest Race has a winner, two soloists have almost finished, and a new duo has taken to ...

Four men were rescued from a life raft after their sailing vessel hit a submerged rock and sank near the Dominican Republic. The U.S. Coast Guard transported the men to Jacksonville, Florida.

AFRICA is splitting apart at double the speed than scientists first thought. A 35-mile-long crack in Ethiopia’s desert, first ...

The AMOC, crucial for Earth's climate, has remained stable over the past 60 years, per a WHOI study. Advanced methods show no ...