The Drake Passage off the West Antarctic Peninsula is a notoriously dangerous channel that connects the Atlantic, Pacific and ...

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (AP) — From the grounds of a gas-fired power plant on the eastern shores of Canada, a little-known ...

In one of five zones on Earth where people live longest, the outside world hardly seems to exist – so visiting adds a few ...

Ultra-stable laser technology is being used to detect earthquakes in the Southwest Pacific thanks to an inventive method ...

As global electricity demand grows, traditional energy sources are under strain. Oceans, which cover more than 70% of Earth's ...

Until now, a global evaluation of ocean current energy with actual data was lacking. Using 30 years of NOAA's Global Drifter Program data, a study shows that ocean currents off Florida's East Coast ...

Data from the agency’s vast ocean monitoring networks, including ships, satellites and fleets of robotic buoys, feeds into near-term forecasts for weather and helps predict waves and tides.

The most recent risk assessment, outlined in maps published by the California Geological Survey, illustrate the devastation ...

Major shipper industry groups, like the National Retail Federation, and major carriers, such as Class I railroad Union Pacific, say they have seen a significant pull-forward of imports to avoid rising ...

S.F. Rec and Parks just got over 4,200 suggestions to rename the new park at the Great Highway. Some likely to win, others ...