Out of all sample selected for isotopic analysis, only one diabase (12.51%) and one amygdaloidal basalt (11.74%) sample have LOI higher than 10%. Apart from that, the LOI of other analyzed samples for ...

The Department of Conservation is investigating after members of an ocean swimming club say they came across people fishing from a boat at Goat Island Marine Reserve. The Department of ...

Today’s ocean is slightly alkaline at a pH of 8.2, in part due to the chemical weathering of limestone, basalt and other rocks throughout Earth’s history. Dissolved carbon dioxide in the water ...

Why it's incredible: The group of islands is the most remote inhabited location on Earth. Tristan da Cunha is a group of islands in the South Atlantic Ocean that is home to the world's most ...

Police say one person has died following a crash on Ocean Parkway. State police say they were called to the Jones Beach State Park Central Mall on Wednesday night. According to police, a car left ...

Between 1892 and 1954, most immigrants arriving in the United States passed through New York’s Ellis Island control center. For those fleeing poverty and war, the “island of tears” was also ...

Kiribati, an island nation consisting of 32 atolls in the Pacific Ocean, is 20 to 22 hours ahead of Los Angeles and the rest of the Western United States (it spans three time zones), meaning that ...

Credit: Christoph Hormann / CC BY-SA 3.0 Researchers have discovered a major shift happening in Africa. Forces deep inside the Earth make Africa split apart and create a pathway for a new ocean to ...

With an extraordinary width of around 300 miles (480 kilometers), this unseen giant is a critical player in our planet’s ocean circulation. This gigantic waterfall only exists due to the convergence ...

China National Nuclear Corporation’s (CNNC) first-ever commercial reactor for the production of isotopes has officially opened. Called the Qinshan Nuclear Power Base plant, it has already ...