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A new study finds that deep-sea mining waste in the ocean’s twilight zone could disrupt food webs and starve midwater ...

Scientists have filmed a species of fish 8,336 meters (27,350 feet) below the surface of the Pacific Ocean. The fish, a type ...

In a new paper, climate scientists from Germany predict that when we humans eventually stop releasing greenhouse gases into ...

A REMOTE, desolate patch of the South Pacific Ocean, known formally as the Oceanic Pole of Inaccessibility, is preparing for ...

The International Space Station will meet its end in 2030, descending into the Pacific’s most remote spot, known as Point Nemo.

Rodman's Hollow is one of RI's most beautiful places, but it was almost lost to a luxury development. The fight to save it ...

It’s the largest living structure on Earth, 3,000 individual reefs, 900 islands, 1,430 miles, and it may be collapsing. Alas, ...

This French glacier has given rise to countless works of art in the past 200 years. Paintings, photos and satellites reveal ...

New experiments show young rocky planets can generate water naturally when molten surfaces react with hydrogen in their early atmospheres.