In 1917, a civil engineer pioneered the first deep-sea vehicle to attempt filming underwater. A century later, we have James ...

Dive into the depths of the ocean and discover the most bizarre sea creatures that have evolved over billions of years.

Deep below the surface of the ocean in the South China Sea, a robot named “discovery” searched the seafloor for life. Faxian, ...

A newly discovered mechanism could explain the shock finding last year that oxygen is produced by metallic nodules on the ...

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

The deep sea, covering approximately 65% of Earth's surface, has long been considered a biological desert. In this extreme ...

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NASA data shows global sea levels are rising faster than expected. Most of the rise in 2024 came from ocean warming, not ...

Mining of polymetallic nodules from the seabed might lead to significant and long-lasting ecological changes -- both in the mined area, where surface sediments and the fauna living in and on it are ...