Rules taking effect in California ban cups, clamshells and other food ware made from expanded polystyrene foam unless companies meet a high recycling target.

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The international date line is the "line" that runs through the middle of the Pacific Ocean about 180 degrees longitude from the North Pole to the South Pole. It's located halfway around the world ...

NASA is working on a mission concept called SWIM, or Sensing With Independent Micro-swimmers. The idea is to develop a whole swarm of underwater robots that can work together to explore large areas.

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Clam shells could help scientists understand the Atlantic Ocean’s sensitive circulation system — and predict when that ...

Two decades ago, as thousands of vacationers scattered across the sunlit shores of Indonesia, Thailand and Sri Lanka on Christmas getaways, a mighty force rattled the depths of the ocean floor ...

The ocean is a world of contrasts—beautiful, mysterious, and occasionally a little unsettling. Wildlife photographer Rac ...

In communities across the Indian Ocean, the devastation was unlike anything the world had seen ... these huge tragedies where they really show these, you know, brighter side of the human condition.

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia — People gathered in prayer and visited mass graves in Indonesia’s Aceh province on Thursday to mark 20 years since the massive Indian Ocean tsunami hit the region in one ...

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