This stunning aerial view of Madura Island in East Java reveals a vibrant coastal town where rows of red-roofed houses line the shoreline beside calm blue waters. Fishing boats gather along the coast, ...

A new study published in Science Advances reveals that sinking land—not just rising oceans alone—will be the main cause of ...

The closely watched Lombok Strait offers a deep-water passage for submarines and supertankers, linking the Java Sea with the ...

The main objective of the exercises was to enhance the level of interaction and compatibility between Russian and Indonesian Navy ships during missions at sea ...

The U.S. Geological Surveys says that a powerful magnitude 7.4 earthquake has struck in the Molucca Sea region northeast of Indonesia. The quake, which struck early Thursday local time, had depth ...

These human ancestors would have had plenty to take advantage of near these ancient rivers. Trees bore fruit all year, and the ancient hominins would have been able to gather edible plants in addition ...

AirAsia Flight 8501 was cruising over the Java Sea when a recurring system fault, worsening weather pressure, and a series of cockpit mistakes suddenly turned a normal flight into a catastrophe. After ...

A strait is a narrow stretch of water that connects two larger bodies of water, like oceans or seas. These waterways are important for global trade and travel. About 90% of the world’s goods are ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: A new study suggests that the scientific community has been broadly misrepresenting sea level rise, especially in coastal areas of the global south, ...

Almost all research on the impacts of future sea-level rise has assumed today’s sea levels are lower than they actually are due to a “methodological blind spot”. That means flooding and erosion will ...

Sea levels along the world’s coastlines are much higher than previously assumed, more than 3 feet in some regions, according to new research, raising alarms that the world is underestimating the ...

Since the beginning of January, an unusually long period of easterly winds has caused the average water level in the Baltic Sea to fall to a historic low. Measurements at the Swedish Landsort-Norra ...