NASA satellites captured huge green-blue ocean rings near New Zealand’s Chatham Islands which was caused by seasonal phytoplankton blooms. This attracts wildlife and reveal the ocean’s hidden biological activity from space.
The Axial Seamount, located about 300 miles off the Oregon coast and nearly 4,900 feet below the surface, has been inflating since January and is now showing signs of unrest.
Wednesday’s earthquake was the strongest in Russia’s Kamchatka region since 1952, according to the Russian Academy of Sciences.
The recent dual deployment of Chinese aircraft carriers in the Western Pacific marks a milestone, but also highlights Beijing’s limitations when compared to US-led coalitions that dominate Indo-Pacific waters.
A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon is in the way between the Earth and the Sun. This blocks the Sun's light partially or entirely for a brief time.
Even before the eruption, the volcano gave off subtle signals. A low-frequency wave, known as a Rayleigh wave, was detected by seismometers 644 kilometres away.
Astronaut Matthew Dominick, who has been orbiting Earth aboard the ISS for nearly four months, recently shared a breathtaking image that has quickly gone viral.
The UN-backed International Seabed Authority (ISA) has issued 31 deep-sea exploration licences, including two for India in the Indian Ocean, but is yet to allow mining because the 36-member body is still working on regulations.
Marine researchers discovered alien like species that lives up to 15,000 years in the darkest depths of the Pacific Ocean. These animals have been found in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone of the Pacific Ocean, which is located between Mexico and Hawaii.
This week the US keeps building NATO 2.0 in the Indo-Pacific, even as it prepares to improve NATO 1.0 in July
The elusive black spheres turned out to be the cocoons of flatworms, scientifically known as platyhelminths.
The India Meteorological Department earlier this month said EL Nio conditions -- abnormal warming of surface waters in the central Pacific Ocean -- are not likely to influence the southwest monsoon season next year.
Local reports from the region reveal that the man, who endured sunburn and dehydration during his maritime misadventure, is otherwise in good health.
Tim Shaddock and his dog Bella set of in a catamaran from Mexico's seaside city of La Paz in April, and planned to sail about 6,000 kilometres (3,700 miles) before dropping anchor in tropical French Polynesia.
To build the clean energy sector the world needs, nuclear power advocates must sway public opinion their way. Every form of major infrastructure has to deal with public opinion, and in a democracy you don’t get to rule whether your opponents’ arguments are valid enough
The search for the first interstellar meteor is being spearheaded by a Harvard physicist who has raised over a million dollars to probe the depths of the ocean for its fragments.
Footage of the rarely-seen glass octopus with almost transparent skin has left the internet in awe.
Tropical cyclones are fairly common weather systems, clocking a global average of around 80 storms annually. However, with rising global temperatures and subsequent increase in sea surface temperatures, the trends are changing, and dramatically.
An expedition to a deep sea ridge in the Pacific Ocean has revealed an intriguing “yellow brick road” on the sea floor.
A hidden realm as big as the Indian subcontinent that is submerged under the Pacific Ocean deserves to be recognised as a new continent 'Zealandia', according to a new study released today.
The world may witness the comeback of El Nino this September, according to officials at the meteorological department, but the Indian monsoon may escape the impact the weather phenomenon brings with it.
El Nino, the weather phenomenon associated with the warming of waters in the eastern Pacific Ocean, won‘t have a big influence on the onset of monsoon, says LS Rathore, Director General, IMD.
Adverse weather could hit central banks' scope for stimulating emerging markets, economists have warned.
The agency said a second straight year of deficiency in rainfalls can be "very damaging" as the efficacy of irrigation systems would have insufficient to due to last year's inadequate rains.
The annual rainy season is vital for India as half its cropland lacks irrigation. The farm sector accounts for 15 percent of India's USD 2 trillion economy.