Do you know Earth's highest peak, deepest point, and more? Test your knowledge about our planet in this quiz.

What makes seafood sustainable? It used to be defined more simply. The emphasis was on not overfishing and on keeping the ...

New Jersey students showed improvements in the latest round of state standardized testing — nearly six years after the COVID-19 pandemic led to a backslide in test scores, according to new state data.

The agency removed a Biden-era section of its website that explained how the ocean could “alleviate certain impacts of climate change.” EPA is allowing a first-of-its-kind marine carbon dioxide ...

The mystery launch could occur on Thursday, March 26, or Saturday, March 28, per a Coast Guard space operations hazard advisory. No public announcements have been made by the Department of Defense ...

Iran’s attempt to strike a US-UK base over 2,000 miles (over 3,000 kilometers) off its coast has renewed questions about Tehran’s military capabilities and how far its missiles can reach. On Friday ...

OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. (WLOX) - The third annual Alan Test Memorial Beach Cleanup is scheduled for Saturday, March 21, in Ocean Springs. Organizer Kelsey Kuykendall said the cleanup is open to the ...

Villagers in central Indonesia rescued 34 short-finned pilot whales following a mass stranding on March 9, but despite their overnight efforts were unable to save 21 others. Mongabay Indonesia’s Ebed ...

The chair of the Board of Property Assessment Appeals and Review in Allegheny County is raising concerns about staffing and funding levels for tax assessors and the board itself. This comes ahead of ...

The ocean has absorbed a significant portion carbon dioxide emissions from human activities, decreasing the pH of the water and leading to a suite of chemical changes collectively known as ocean ...

Huge thanks to Globe reporter Kate Selig for updating us on ocean geoengineering research by Cape Cod’s Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (“ ‘Antacid’ ocean test targets climate change,” Metro, Feb ...

WHAT HAPPENS in the sea matters to everyone on land, because life in the sea underpins habitability on Earth. The ocean acts as a planetary thermostat. It regulates the climate, produces oxygen, ...