Today's sea level rise is significant enough to slow the rotation of the planet by just over a millisecond per century.

San Francisco is sinking faster than previously thought. NASA data show that relative sea levels could be double what ...

The Runit Dome, aka "The Tomb", soon after it was built in 1980. (Public Domain) A gaping hole was left on a small island in the Pacific Ocean when the United States military released an 18-kiloton ...

The Trump administration is temporarily lifting sanctions on Iranian oil stranded at sea under a one-month license.

U.S. warplanes and attack helicopters are hitting Iranian targets in an effort to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, officials said. The price of oil remained high as new strikes hit Gulf energy facilities.

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