Beneath the turquoise waters of the South Pacific hides a massive secret—Zealandia, a sunken landmass stretching nearly two ...

In 2018, Portugal hosted a conference to discuss "the challenges of current and future deep sea mining.  Four years later, ...

These cuts have nothing to do with rooting out fraud and waste, which cannot have been discovered by the slash-and-burn cost-cutters.

Why might the U.S. be interested in deep-sea mining, and what are the environmental risks? Here's what you need to know.

Through teaching, where I have to talk to the students about a variety of extreme environments, and what such environments ...

Do you know that humans have only explored 5% of the ocean? 95% of the ocean is still unexplored, holding countless mysteries ...

A colossal squid was filmed for the first time in its natural habitat near the South Sandwich Islands during a recent ...

It's probably the largest flood in our planet's history.

Mid-ocean ridge basalts (MORBs), located far from subduction zones, are typically thought to be unaffected by subduction ...

A little over 5 million years ago, water from the Atlantic Ocean found a way through the present-day Strait of Gibraltar.

A little over 5 million years ago, water from the Atlantic Ocean found a way through the present-day Strait of Gibraltar.

What is the role of dissolved organic matter in the deep sea? In a study relating to this question, researchers have investigated the composition of dissolved organic matter (DOM) in detail. Their ...