One hotspot may have formed the Pacific’s largest volcanoes, linking the Ontong-Java Plateau to the Louisville Ridge.

Atlantic hurricane season approaches, unusually cool sea surface temperatures, in the neighborhood of 2 °F below last year’s ...

It's a discovery that gives us a more complete history of how the Pacific Ocean basin has evolved over millions of years to become what it is today." For years, scientists wondered whether the ...

A new study traces a 120-million-year-old 'super-eruption' to its source, offering new insights into Earth's complex geological history.

Strands of kelp glow in the dim morning light off California’s Channel Islands as fish and sea lions weave through the golden ...

Earth scientists from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, University of Maryland and others finally connected the dots ...

Even biologists only capture a glimpse of the lives of whales. There are still many species whose lives are largely a mystery ...

A new study from the University of Maryland traces a 120-million-year-old “super-eruption” to its source, offering new ...

President Donald Trump says he is directing his government to reopen and expand Alcatraz, the notorious former prison on a ...

Australia's primary climate drivers are currently in a neutral phase, with the weather likely to be dominated by more local ...