This week’s Sea-Floor Sunday image is of a submarine volcanic complex in the Aegean Sea. This image and much, much more about the geology of this area can be found on this page of the NOAA Ocean Explorer website. I like this image b...

Food and Drink, North America, United States, Hotels and AccommodationsNext month, look for something new coming from kitchens across the Fairmont chain. Chefs at these upscale properties will be showing off their skill...

Puma presents the Kite Team LE, an homage to the Puma Volvo Ocean Race team. Last year the team came in second in the prestigious race and today they present the Kite Team LE, which is actually made of the original sail that was use...

An entertaining, graphic-novel style account of Amelia Earhart’s stay in Newfoundland before she crossed the Atlantic Ocean in 1928.

Thanks to CoffeewithChess for the heads up!

Everybody is talking about the weather, but this time it is really something special. A tropical cyclone in the South Atlantic Ocean. In the North Atlantic there are several every year (here known as hurricanes), but this is only th...

In Maryland, where I teach, people often tout their state as "America in miniature" because topographically it features everything from mountains to the Chesapeake Bay to the Atlantic Ocean. If the whispers I'm hearing about former ...

Acid ocean "SOS." Image credit:Alaska Marine Conservation Council US EPA has decided to consider ways that US states can, under already delegated authorities, curb acid forming pollutant emissions as may add to the power of Globa...

Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. (OPTT) F3Q10 (Qtr End 01/31/10) Earnings Call March 12, 2010 10:00 am ETComplete Story »...

We’ve heard a lot lately about the relationship between global warming and the ocean. An article in Thursday’s Journal of Science describes how aquatic dead zones — or hipoxic waters — create trouble for more than the organisms tha...

Perched on a bluff overlooking the Pacific Ocean, the Ritz-Carlton in Half Moon Bay, CA, has one of the Bay Area's best-kept beauty secrets. While most people know about the resort's dining offerings and golf courses, its spa facili...

On April 15, BWE.tv will set sail on the Best Cruise Ever, a four-day musical ocean journey with over a dozen of your favorite bands, including 3 Doors Down, Shinedown, Safetysuit, Carolina Liar… and a band that I had the pleasure o...

photo: Christian Steen via flickr. The Maldives definitely knows who's paying the bills these days... The low-lying Indian Ocean nation has declared the entirety of its 90,000 square mile Exclusive Economic Zone a shark sanctuary,...

SEATTLE — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday it will consider ways the states can address rising acidity levels in oceans, which pose a...

Thoroughly enjoying the island life, Julie Bowen was spotted frolicking in the ocean in Maui, Hawaii yesterday (March 11). The “Modern Family” actress in the Island State as her hit sitcom has been filming on location there, affo...

A region of the Arctic Ocean seafloor that holds vast stores of frozen methane is showing signs of instability and widespread venting of the powerful greenhouse gas, according to the findings of an international research team led by...

In February 1935, the U.S. Navy airship Macon -- all 800 feet of it -- crashed into the Pacific Ocean off the California Coast. Two sailors drowned. The Macon crash marked the end of the Navy's interest in large, rigid airships. Mac...

The Web is huge. And growing. Faster everyday. It's almost like an ocean where there's no evaporation (the data on the Web stays there virtually forever), but yet, it's always raining in it. The rain is the new content that's added ...

The beautiful coppa and lomo I have been curing with Earth & Ocean chef Adam Stevenson since November has been 86-ed before ever making its way to the menu. In Seattle, the health department started cracking down on charcuterie prog...

The excitement thrumming hot in my veins as The National kicked off my first listen of the opening track on their forthcoming album High Violet was nearly overwhelming: Terrible Love (live on Fallon) – The National I’m also gobsma...