Archaeological evidence shows that 30,000 years ago, Palaeolithic people travelled from the island now known as Taiwan to the ...

A warming climate doesn't just affect dry land — it affects the ocean, too. For years, Earth's ocean has acted as a heat sink ...

Isle of Palms County Park sits just 12 miles from downtown Charleston, making it the perfect escape when city life has you dreaming of salt air and seagulls instead of historic homes and horse ...

Hundreds of people were rescued from ocean waters along the California coast on the Fourth of July due to strong currents and ...

RAINFALL: Tropical Storm Chantal is expected to produce heavy rainfall across portions of the coastal plain of the Carolinas ...

Chantal was a tropical depression over North Carolina Sunday afternoon Eastern time, the National Hurricane Center said in ...

Satellite imagery can help determine the strength, size and cohesion of a storm. The stronger a storm becomes, the more ...

Biogeographical regions of marine organisms, i.e., their distribution across different habitats, often overlap well with the major global ocean currents. The geological age of the currents plays a ...

After surging to Category 4 in less than a day, Erick hit Mexico as a Category 3 hurricane. The NHC is tracking 4 waves, ...

A/Prof. Keating is an expert in a type of ocean current called eddies, swirling circular currents that are the oceanic equivalent of atmospheric storms. Eddies are found in every ocean basin and make ...

Research ships rarely brave the Greenland Sea in winter. Early this year, scientists ventured into the ice-covered waters to capture crucial data about the planet’s future.

Bermuda Triangle. Image by Wikimedia commons. The Bermuda Triangle is not officially recognized on world maps, nor is it acknowledged by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names. Nevertheless, it’s ...