Even with net-negative emissions, the Southern Ocean’s long memory can send up a century-long heat pulse that slows recovery.

Five vast bodies of water cover 71% of our planet’s surface—the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Arctic, and Antarctic Oceans. In ...

Scientists have discovered a possible new tool for addressing the growing problem of plastic pollution in the world's oceans. A recently published study by an international consortium of researchers ...

Did you know the ocean quietly generates half the oxygen we breathe and absorbs nearly a quarter of the world’s CO₂ emissions each year? It covers over 70 percent of our planet, yet surprisingly, it’s ...

If you thought living on Earth in 2020 was comparable to hell, planet K2-141b is here to prove you wrong. On the scorching hot planet, hundreds of light-years away, oceans are made of molten lava, ...

Sam Walters is the associate editor at Discover Magazine who writes and edits articles covering topics like archaeology, paleontology, ecology, and evolution, and manages a few print magazine sections ...

AT the outset Mr. Buchanan reminded the audience of the similarities observed in the eastern and western continents, especially in their southern extremities. Such similarities in corresponding ...

Slow, steady evolution in animal groups that contain many different ecological lifestyles has been a key buffer against extinction, the new research shows. A new study in the journal Science has given ...