"We're very confident." Major tech install on island in the middle of the ocean could transform the future of transportation: 'It will be a real live testbed' first appeared on The Cool Down.

Google Earth has brought attention to some of the weirdest things we’ve ever seen on the internet – and that’s really saying something. But at times, it really helps to shine a light on truly awe ...

Although the ocean covers roughly 71% of Earth’s surface, more than 80% of that ocean has yet to be mapped, explored, or even ...

Worldwide, an estimated 19.4 billion pounds of plastic wind up in the ocean each year, a 2015 study found. Beyond remote islands, ocean currents carry bits of plastic to other unexpected places, too.

Satellite images are shedding new light on a mysterious city built on an island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Explorers first discovered the ruins of Nan Madol nearly 100 years ago, on the ...

Puerto Rico is a stunningly beautiful island dotted with rain forests and rich biodiversity. A little more than an hour southeast of the capital city of San Juan, hundreds of acres of land sprawl ...

When researchers traveled to a tiny, uninhabited island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, they were astonished to find an estimated 38 million pieces of trash washed up on the beaches.