The ocean basins are so vast and deep that they hold about 97 percent of the Earth's water. Sea water that's trapped in glaciers and ice caps accounts for another two percent. Do the math: That means ...
Earth scientists often face huge challenges when researching Earth's history: many significant events occurred such a long ...
A neutrino sensor array, ARCA, lines the Mediterranean seafloor near Sicily. A physicist took ARCA’s first huge win to a warm ...
Scientists in Australia have identified vast meteoric groundwater reserves (VMGRs) of freshwater below the ocean floor, a discovery that could provide much-needed relief to those who lack access to ...
A scientific expedition off the west coast of Hawaii Island has concluded a two-week offshore imaging survey aimed at confirming the existence of a vast underground reservoir of fresh or brackish ...
Researchers say more than a fifth of the planet’s ocean — which makes up 70 percent of the surface of the Earth — has been subject to the darkening process over the course of the past two decades. It ...