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

Courtesy of Liu Xi. On world maps commonly used in China, Greenland is often positioned in the upper right-hand corner and is ...

A four-year record from the heart of the Ross Ice Shelf shows how subtle changes could shape future sea level rise, ocean ...

Pituffik Space Base, formerly known as Thule Air Base, is located in the northwest corner of the island. It supports missile warning, missile defence and space surveillance missions and satellite ...

Point Nemo sits quietly in the southern Pacific, marked on maps but rarely thought about. It is not a destination in any ...

Spacecraft orbiting the Red Planet have helped researchers map out an ancient coastline that surrounded a large ocean billions of years ago ...

Australia has closed dozens of beaches and urged people to stay out of the ocean after a fourth shark attack was reported ...

As Earth warms due to climate change, oceans are heating up, becoming more acidic, and losing oxygen. These changes threaten ...

Over two decades after negotiations began, the High Seas Treaty is designed to protect biodiversity in international waters ...

The town of Kuroshio in Japan is named after the swift ocean current that flows nearby. The Kuro­shio (Black Stream) stretches as wide as a megacity and carries more water than the Amazon river.

Oregon State University research into marine protected areas plays a crucial role in the historic High Seas Treaty that goes ...