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The fourth long-duration astronaut team launched by SpaceX to the International Space Station (ISS) safely returned to Earth on Friday, splashing down in the Atlantic Ocean off Florida after nearly six months of research aboard the orbital outpost.

SAN DIEGO — Groundbreaking composer Lei Liang has never been to the Arctic or to its Chukchi Sea, which sits between Alaska and Siberia. But that imposing 240,000-square-mile body of water's beneath-the-surface sounds not only inspired his provocative new work, "Six Seasons," they are an intrinsic and very audible part…

SULLIVAN'S ISLAND, S.C. — Around the world, coastal residents often live in terror of beach erosion, threatening the safety of their homes as the ocean slowly claims them.

Farmers of one of the country’s most important crops face challenging future as heating in Indian Ocean leads to drier conditions across wheat belt

Wildlife populations have fallen nearly 70% globally since 1970, the World Wildlife Fund’s latest Living Planet Report reveals – equivalent to a wipe-out of everyone in Europe, the Americas, Africa, Oceania and China

Glacier expert Dr Donald Slater says Ireland will be affected as melting glaciers contribute to sea level rises

The Cassini spacecraft discovered water under the moon's icy surface, opening up the idea that it could sustain life.

Study reveals how thermohaline staircases, step-like variations of temperature and salinity, are formed

Two per cent of all fishing gear used worldwide ends up polluting the oceans, our new research finds. To put that into perspective, the amount of longline fishing gear littering the ocean each year can circle the Earth more than 18 times.