Ocean dumping – or a climate solution? A growing industry bets on the ocean to capture carbon
Dozens of companies and academic groups are pitching the same theory: that sinking rocks, nutrients, crop waste or seaweed in ...
Ghost Particles in the Deep Are Unlocking Secrets of Quantum Gravity
Scientists are diving into the deep sea to study one of the universe’s biggest mysteries—quantum gravity. Using KM3NeT, a ...
Florida Tech students piece together cyber sea cow 'spy' to gather intel on real manatees
Three Florida Tech students are making a mechanical 'spy' manatee to covertly learn sea cows' deepest secrets.
Much of what lies on the seafloor remains a mystery. NASA is fixing that.
Experts have been working on mapping the ocean floor with traditional methods, sending ships across the water with sonar ...
MIT Technology Review2d
Inside a new quest to save the “doomsday glacier”
Arête Glacier Initiative has raised $5 million to improve sea-level rise forecasts and explore the possibility of refreezing ...
New desalination technology being tested in California could lower costs of tapping seawater
A new desalination technology is undergoing testing in Southern California. Water managers hope it will offer an ...
Smithsonian Magazine3d
Voters Crown the ‘World’s Ugliest Animal’ as New Zealand’s Fish of the Year
The blobfish is specially adapted to life in the deep ocean, but it looks like a shapeless blob when brought to the surface.
My team discovered ‘dark oxygen’ on the seafloor – now we’re trying to understand how it was made
The discovery of dark oxygen has shifted our understanding of the deep sea and potentially life on Earth. But we still don’t ...
Mining Weekly3d
Deep-sea miners are set to dig for critical minerals, even if rules aren't done
As companies seek to extract critical minerals used in electric vehicle batteries and other green technologies from the deep ...