Vast amounts of organic carbon settle on the seafloor each year, coming from decaying marine life and from living (or once ...

We've gathered three experts who study Earth's surface, the ocean economy ... The land itself holds deep cultural meaning for ...

In decades of deep-sea exploration, humans have observed less than 0.001% of the deep ocean floor - an area about the size of ...

Heriot-Watt scientists have discovered giant underwater mud waves buried deep below the Atlantic Ocean, 400 kilometers ... comprising mud and sand, were found about one kilometer below the seabed.

These deposits, evidence of ancient rapid submarine water currents, are thought to be caused by the downslope transport of sediment that has accumulated at the top ... sand into the deep ocean ...

What's at the bottom of the Mariana Trench, and how do we know? How deep does the ocean go? We'll answer these questions and more in this deep dive into the world's oceans. Come on in: The water's ...

The deep ocean seafloor is defined as depths of 200 meters or more below Earth’s surface, where oxygen levels are low and sunlight is virtually nonexistent. The study, published in Science ...

Here is a basic fact: 70% of the earth’s surface is covered by ocean. Every school kid knows this ... enhancing our ability to study the abyss, and even to view it in person. Autonomous deep-sea ...

In the Atlantic Ocean, the Puerto Rico Trench ... narrow valley known as the Challenger Deep. It is named for the 1951 expedition that first recorded its depth—an astounding 36,201 feet ...

A new study published in the journal Nature Geoscience found evidence of oxygen production near polymetallic nodules located deep in the ocean ... "The conventional view is that oxygen was ...