The researchers believe topographic features on the seafloor, like submarine canyons and gullies, are one of the many factors that shape the direction and strength of near-bed ocean currents. However, ...

The deep sea is vast, dark, and almost completely unexplored filled with alien life, crushing pressure, and silence that ...

A groundbreaking study in the journal Science, has unveiled how deep ocean currents—known as global overturning circulation—play a pivotal role in shaping the diversity and function of microbial life ...

Scientists used an autonomous underwater vehicle to image previously unexplored, ultra-deep waters near the abyss of the ...

The U.S. push to mine international waters for metals defies global efforts to control and protect these fragile ecosystems.

The deep ocean remains one of Earth’s last great frontiers — a pitch-black, high-pressure world where sunlight never reaches ...

Human waste, mostly plastic, was found in abundance at the deepest part of the Mediterranean called the Calypso Deep, 3.1 ...

Deep below the surface of the ocean, bacteria and critters that feed off nutrients spouting from hydrothermal vents met with ...

The deep sea is a magical and mysterious realm that harbors some of the largest and most fascinating creatures on our planet. Beyond the reach of sunlight, the deep ocean remains one of Earth’s final ...

A deep-sea mining experiment from 1979 left lasting marks on the Pacific Ocean floor. Over four decades later, signs of life return, but recovery remains slow and uncertain. The true impact of these ...

We know surprisingly little about the deep ocean or the strange creatures that live there. These unusual animals have evolved without sunlight and survive in complete darkness, resulting in many ...

World leaders have renewed calls for a global moratorium on deep-sea mining at the 2025 U.N. Ocean Conference (UNOC) in Nice, France, as the U.S. moves to mine the deep sea in international waters ...