Tropical Storm Helene brought unprecedented flooding to western North Carolina, devastating communities and breaking historical records.

Around 5.5 million years ago, a dramatic event called the Messinian Salinity Crisis turned most of the Mediterranean Sea into a massive salt basin. Over a period of about 640,000 years, the sea lost ...

New Jersey’s internet gambling market set another record in October, the latest proof that people are betting more of their ...

The invasive sea lamprey was chomping through the North American region’s native fish, until scientists made a fortuitous ...

A vast network of ocean currents nicknamed the "great global ocean conveyor belt" is slowing down. That's a problem because ...

In 2020, the leadership of Nigeria's southeastern Abia state approved the construction of a port, which has yet to break ...

"The Caribbean last year was just unreal, and nobody expected things to get that hot that fast." Scientists race to grapple ...

With highly favorable launch conditions, the Falcon 9 rocket carrying the satellite to geosynchronous transfer orbit is set ...

What's left of Sara isn't expected to strengthen but environmental conditions could bring heavy rainfall and gusty winds to ...

A study modelling the impact of melting ice suggests scientists have underestimated the risk that an important ocean current ...

The ABC Action News weather team is tracking tropical developments in the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico. Watch the ...