ACCORDING to the ideas of Hess1 the backbone of active mid-oceanic ridges should consist of peridotites which originated in the Earth's mantle and were subsequently upthrusted into the crust along ...

Beneath the Atlantic Ocean, scientists are doing new research on the Hydrothermal Field, an undersea world that may hold the answer ...

Researchers have uncovered a "lost city" in the Atlantic Ocean that could unlock the secrets of life's emergence on our planet. The Lost City Hydrothermal Field, an ancient system of mineral ...

Tropical Storm Chantal went on to become our most organized system of the season so far. Now that Chantal has made landfall, ...

Afternoon storms are possible during the afternoons this weekend. Localized flooding remains a concern and temperatures will feel like the lower 100s thanks to high humidity.

Tropical Storm Chantal formed in the Atlantic on Saturday morning and is projected to reach South Carolina's coast on Sunday, ...

Live updates from SpaceX's Starlink 10-28 mission that launched a Falcon 9 rocket Tuesday, July 8, from Cape Canaveral Space ...

New research challenges the long-held belief that the Arctic Ocean was covered by a massive ice shelf during ice ages.

The COLMEIA Project is an international collaboration between France and Brazil involving several universities and research institutes. One of the objectives of this project is to study the tectonic ...

What does it mean if early Atlantic hurricane season is relatively calm? The first tropical storm in the Atlantic finally formed. Does that mean anything for the rest of the season?

This week, the Mid-Atlantic Regional Council on the Ocean (MARCO) and partners launched new features on the Mid-Atlantic Ocean Data Portal - an online toolkit and resource center that helps ...