The microbe Pyrodictium abyssi is an archaeon—a member of what's known as the third domain of life—and an extremophile. It ...

An international research team working at 13,123 feet (4,000 meters) deep uncovered a remarkable number of previously unknown ...

A “perfect storm of erosion” has swallowed up much of West Maui’s beaches over the past three years due to El Nino conditions, record-high sea levels and sustained waves from the north, according to ...

Collisions between marine vessels and stationary structures, like offshore oil platforms and depleted wellheads, are becoming ...

China aims to build a new "air-space-land-sea-network" infrastructure system and develop a Chinese version of a holographic ...

Wokers check newly-built deep-sea engineering equipment in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, July 3, 2013. With four sets of buoys and 16 sets of foundations, the deep-sea engineering equipment ...

Targeted engineering projects to hold off glacier melting could slow down ice-sheet collapse and limit sea-level rise, according to a new study. While an intervention similar in size to existing large ...

Numerous resort properties line the shores of the famous and iconic Waikīkī Beach, and has flourished for decades in harmony with the ebb and flow of the tides. However, rapid warming of the ...

In a new study, scientists said that the extinct Steller’s sea cow impacted kelp forests in the North Pacific by browsing at the surface, which would have encouraged the growth and strengthening of ...

A section of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge (HZMB), which is due to open in July.Credit: Bloomberg Come July, it will take 40 minutes to drive from mainland China to Hong Kong's international ...