The bank transfer you made earlier, the movie you streamed last night and the video you’re viewing right now - all possible because of a vast network of undersea cables that power the global internet.

In a groundbreaking study, a group of Chinese scientists unveiled the survival mechanisms of mysterious life in the Mariana ...

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

Rules on deep-sea mining in international waters must be driven by "sound science" and built on consensus, the head of the ...

Each colored area on this map represents a different country's mining claim in the Clario-Clipperton zone. Map courtesy International Seabed Authority.

Sir John Ross lowers a line more than a mile into the North Atlantic and hauls up worms and a large sea star. Norwegians haul up from the deep a sea lily, a living fossil previously found only in ...

The rapid expansion of China’s ocean exploration offers Beijing valuable military intelligence as it expands its naval reach ...

Deep-sea mining may irreparably harm ocean ecosystems before we even have a chance to fully study its impacts. That's one reason the Center has taken a lead role against deep-sea mining. We're ...