The Southern Ocean has some of the thickest clouds on Earth, made brighter in the summertime by marine microbes living in the waters below, according to new research that combines satellite ...

The faster wind above actually pushes over the tops of the clouds and creates the ocean wave-like appearance. "The pattern did not last long and soon dissipated. Love to see how clouds obey and ...

The disappearance of sea ice in polar regions due to global warming not only increases the amount of light entering the ocean ... from a broad spectrum of colors to a narrower, blue-dominated ...

But in 2014, NASA’s Terra satellite captured a near-perfect circle of clouds hovering above the Pacific Ocean. Spotted a few thousand kilometers southwest of Hawaii, this unusual ring floated ...

It might happen every day, but the sight of the sun sinking below an ocean horizon followed by a sky full of reds, oranges, and pinks makes for perfect vacation photos. Where do those colors come ...

A self-powered robot inspired by a fish can survive the extreme pressures at the bottom of the ocean’s deepest trench, thanks to its soft body and distributed electronic system — and might ...

In the footage, billowing clouds continue to rise as ocean waves crash onto the hardened lava. Nathan Rott of NPR reports that the lava flowed forth from a fissure in the Leilani Estates ...

Inspired by a strange fish that can withstand the punishing pressures of the deepest reaches of the ocean, scientists have devised a soft autonomous robot capable of keeping its fins flapping ...