Japan has been hit by a powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake and prompted authorities to issue tsunami warning.

Over the past 160 years, numerous projects have been both arrogant and far-fetched in their framework, writes historian David ...

A layer only a few to a few dozen kilometers thick may be draped across the boundary between Earth’s core and mantle, and ...

The year saw “slightly higher than average” seismic activity, according to the Alaska Earthquake Center.

A powerful tsunami seen from space is overturning what scientists thought they knew about how these waves travel.

One species’ trash is another’s treasure. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch in the Pacific Ocean is now home to dozens of species, and the floating plastic island emphasizes how human civilization can ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. An extreme marine heat wave in the Pacific Ocean off California is breaking daily temperature records, with ...

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A super typhoon is taking aim at several remote U.S. islands in the Pacific Ocean, lashing Guam with heavy rain and tropical storm-force wind gusts hours before its arrival. Subscribe to read this ...

The new deep-sea atlas underscores Beijing’s interest in ocean mining, its military ambitions and its claims to disputed waters. By Sachi Kitajima Mulkey A research arm of the Chinese government said ...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. military launched a strike on another boat accused of carrying drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Tuesday, killing four people in the fourth such attack announced in the past ...

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