As a boy growing up on California's coast, Robert Ballard was fascinated by marine geology and life underwater. While working for the U.S. Navy, he built his expertise in the ne...

This one-stop resource covers the key terms, individuals, and significant milestones that are the heart of marine science. The Facts On File Marine Science Handbook helps...

The Earth has experienced many episodes of dramatic climate change over the years. Scientists warn that the planet is currently becoming warmer at a rapid pace and there will be...

Study of the weather and climate helps students understand weather conditions and the science behind weather research. Temperature, barometric pressure, wind, and precipitation ...

Earth has always exhibited patterns of heating up and cooling down. At some points in time, many areas of Earth were shrouded in blankets of ice, with ice caps and ...

Earth is made up of four basic parts: the atmosphere, the hydrosphere, the lithosphere, and the biosphere. The atmosphere is made up of the gases that surround the planet. The h...

Climate scientists have repeatedly told us that the 1990s had the warmest temperatures ever recorded since records were consistently kept in the mid-1800s. Scientists worldwide ...

The deep sea takes up almost 70 percent of Earth’s surface and more than 97 percent, by volume, of the part of the planet available to living things. And yet it was only in the ...

Nearly three-quarters of Earth’s surface is covered by water, and more than 90 percent of the Earth’s living space is in the ocean. The oceans influence climate and weather patt...