Researchers have unveiled world-first deep-ocean landers to uncover how the mysterious dark oxygen is produced in complete ...

The ocean is full of surprises, and scientists are still finding creatures that seem almost unreal. From tiny reef animals to ...

By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON, Jan 21 (Reuters) - The Trump administration is pressing ahead on Wednesday with an effort to ...

Startling findings in 2024 suggested that metallic nodules on the sea floor produce oxygen and might support life. Now ...

A team of scientists announced Tuesday they have developed new deep-sea landers specifically to test their contentious ...

The most transformative deep sea finding in a generation is not a single strange animal or a record-breaking trench, but ...

The ocean is continuously ventilated when surface waters sink and transport, for example, oxygen and carbon to greater depths ...

Despite crushing pressure, total darkness and near-freezing temperatures, researchers found an underwater world teeming with life.

Scientists discovered that deep-sea vents are tapping hydrogen from buried sediments, reshaping ideas about where ocean ...

Deep-sea mining targets mineral deposits on the ocean floor, typically at depths of 3,000–6,000 meters. Most attention focuses on polymetallic nodules—potato-sized rocks lying on abyssal plains—and on ...

US decision moves it closer to unilaterally launching the controversial mining industry, which environmentalists and ...