The use of land for agriculture and forestry makes a significant contribution to global greenhouse gas emissions, while practices such as reforestation and large-scale nature restoration may help to ...

Ever wondered how much of our vast, mysterious oceans we’ve uncovered? Spoiler alert: not nearly as much as you’d think!

As seawater creeps further into coastlines, salt threatens to pollute the freshwater reserves that people depend on. But this ...

Because they are deeper and further away from land, oceans sustain a greater diversity of creatures, mostly bacteria and microscopic plankton, in their marine ecosystems. Several salient features ...

To stand at the edge of an ocean is to face an eternity of waves and water, a shroud covering seven-tenths of the Earth. Hidden below are mountain ranges and canyons that rival anything on land.

In fact, there's more water than land on the Earth's surface ... of Earth’s surface is made up of salt water. Some features of each ocean are explored in turn. The Atlantic Ocean is the second ...