The deepest regions of Earth's oceans, known as the abyssal and hadal zones, lie at least as far under the water's surface as ...

A newly confirmed exoplanet around a nearby sunlike star might be astronomers’ best chance yet to look for life beyond the ...

Debris and toxins released from the fires can damage kelp forests and lead to destructive algal blooms that snuff out ocean ...

An international team looks back 12 million years for clues about the formation of these vast areas where no life can survive A satellite image of the Northern Gulf of Mexico, where 'dead zones' can ...

A spokesperson for the L.A. Department of Water and Power said water continues to be tested daily for safe drinking use and ...

A record-setting number of "Polar Bears" braved the 37-degree water and biting wind to raise over $1 million for Special ...

Because of debris runoff from fire zones, public health officials issued an advisory and closed several miles of coastline ...

A relatively small amount of groundwater trickling through Alaska's tundra is releasing huge quantities of carbon into the ocean, where it can contribute to climate change, according to new ...

As multiple deadly wildfires burn across Los Angeles and hundreds of thousands of residents flee their homes, the lack of water is impeding firefighters' efforts to fight the flames. More than ...

Which leaves an intriguing question: why aren't they scooping up water from the nearby Pacific Ocean? As Patrick Megonigal, associate director of research at the Smithsonian Environmental Research ...