Tiny fossils from Hokkaido are revealing a surprisingly mobile ancient ocean during a warmer world. A team led by researchers ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ancient ocean layers locked away carbon, cooling Earth’s lukewarm interglacials, new isotopic study shows. (CREDIT: Shutterstock) ...

Ancient ice records show Earth’s oceans cooled over millions of years despite stable greenhouse gases, highlighting the role ...

Mass extinction events throughout Earth’s history are characterized as significant disruptions to life on the planet. There have been five major extinction events that have fundamentally changed how ...

The model focused on “palaeogeographic context,” meaning the ancient layout of coasts, islands, and seaways. It tested whether coastline orientation and coastline shape predicted extinctions over deep ...

Scientists and climbers have found fossils of ancient animals above 8,000 meters above sea level. These fossils include remains of trilobites, crinoids, and brachiopods. These fossils not only provide ...

Where did the name “Atlantic Ocean” actually come from? The answer leads back to ancient Greek mythology, early maps, and centuries of exploration. Long before modern geography, this ocean was ...

KINGSTON, N.Y. — A lecture titled “Once Ancient Oceans: How Geology Shaped New York Waterways” will be presented Wednesday, Jan. 14, at 7 p.m. at the Hudson River Maritime Museum, 50 Rondout Landing, ...

Elisabeth Sikes (left), with Dale Hubbard of Oregon State University, alongside the large coring block used to collect deep-ocean sediment samples during the research cruise. Climate change has many ...

Long before Mount Everest became the roof of the world, the rocks that form its summit were lying at the bottom of a sea.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ancient underwater volcanoes may explain why marine life repeatedly collapsed during the Triassic, according to new geological ...