After Nine Years of Foot-Dragging, U.N. Ready for Talks on High Seas Treaty
After intense negotiations, the United Nations has agreed to convene an intergovernmental conference aimed at drafting a legally binding treaty to conserve marine life and govern the mostly lawless high seas beyond national jurisdiction.
Greenland’s Ice Layers Mapped in 3D
Scientists using ice-penetrating radar data collected by NASA’s Operation IceBridge and earlier airborne campaigns have built the first-ever comprehensive map of layers deep inside the Greenland Ice Sheet.
Study: Global Warming Doubles Risk of Extreme Weather
Extreme weather arising from a climate phenomenon in the Pacific Ocean will get much worse as the world warms, according to climate modeling.
Tales of Ancient Sea Rise Told for 10,000 Years
To most of us, the rush of the oceans that followed the last ice age seems like a prehistoric epoch. But the historic occasion was dutifully recorded, coast to coast, by the original inhabitants of the land Down Under.