Our understanding of our own planet is still changing and a relatively new theory about how plate tectonics works. Researchers are now looking at evidence to sort of redefine oceanic plates, ...

Earth and space mingle in stunning ways for the 2025 Milky Way Photographer of the Year contest. From the “geological ...

The U.S. has 16 territories in areas of the Pacific Ocean and Caribbean. People living in U.S. territories are citizens of ...

A powerful underwater volcano known as Axial Seamount off the Oregon coast may erupt. Though scientists say it poses no ...

Heat waves destroy crops, drive wildfires, and kill humans and wildlife, but these extreme weather events aren't just limited ...

Hōkūleʻa Hoʻolauleʻa is also planned for 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at Wailoa Boat Harbor, on the makai side of Wailoa Bridge, near Suisan Fish Market. There will be dockside engagement, music, ...

No tropical cyclone activity is expected over the next seven days as we approach the official start of the 2025 Atlantic ...

Nearly a mile deep, the Pacific Ocean volcano known as Axial Seamount is drawing increasing scrutiny from scientists who only ...

Whether you get your forecast from an app on your phone, a website or a meteorologist on TV, most of the underlying ...

Lindbergh’s 33-hour trans-Atlantic flight in May 1927 changed the world forever, marking the dawn of global aviation. It ...

For our new study, we reviewed the literature on the movements of marine migratory species from 1990 to 2017. We synthesised the start and end points of migrations reported in more than 1,300 ...

The remotely operated vehicle Deep Discoverer encountered a 49-foot-tall “solitary geological feature” while exploring the Pacific seafloor northeast of Kuailhelani on April 22. NOAA Ocean ...