Oceans

CAIRO (AP) — Libyan authorities were towing a Russian tanker drifting in the Mediterranean for the past three…

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. and Israel’s war with Iran has thrust the Strait of Hormuz once…

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Twelve years after Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 vanished with 239 people aboard, a…

Rising sea levels caused by climate change may be significantly higher than previously thought, according to a new…

Climate change’s rising seas may threaten tens of millions more people than scientists and government planners originally thought…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran and the United States leaned into gunboat diplomacy Thursday as nuclear…

Annual Highlights: NOAA ranks 2025 as the third-warmest year in its global temperature record, which dates back to…

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Beneath an eight-lane expressway, Nigerian men stand waist-deep in the Lagos Lagoon, lowering buckets…

More than a decade ago, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 vanished without a trace, sparking one of aviation’s most…

Scientists described several new species this past year, including a tiny marsupial, a Himalayan bat, an ancient…

LARNACA, Cyprus (AP) — Photis Gaitanos’ rough fingers adroitly untangle the venomous spikes of a lionfish from a…

ANTARCTICA (AP) — The Southern Ocean is one of the most remote places on Earth, but that doesn’t…

Libya tows drifting Russian ‘shadow fleet’ tanker to avert spill