EDITORIAL: The entry into force of the UN’s Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ) treaty marks a rare moment of ...

Yet despite these risks, the treaty remains a necessary step forward. It establishes a baseline of shared responsibility and ...

Cartographers rely on the authority of maps to communicate locations, guide navigation at sea, and shape people’s perceptions ...

New research shows ancient tropical oceans once held more oxygen than cooler regions, reshaping where early life could ...

Mars may have been a "blue planet" with an ocean the size of today's Arctic Ocean, a new study suggests. New evidence of ...

Researchers have discovered that chemical reactions in underwater hydrothermal vents could have produced the necessary ...

The two halves of the African continent are moving apart at a rate of a few millimeters each year, geologists have calculated ...

The expansion of Arctic shipping, scramble for seafloor mining and overfishing are all straining international relationships. But the powers of diplomacy go beyond ocean treaties.

During training cruises and regattas, sailors collect valuable data for climate research at sea. A study appearing in Science ...

Searching for all Wayfarer locations on the Where Winds Meet map? Where Winds Meet contains a huge world featuring the two provinces of Qinghe and Kaifeng to explore. There's plenty to see along the ...

One was inspired by the attacks on the World Trade Center, the other is continuing a family legacy. Aaron Edwards and Charles Minch were recently named two of the NYPD’s newest assistant chiefs at a ...

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