A mysterious stone monolith has been found towering over the Pacific Ocean seafloor like a giant finger, according to NOAA Ocean Exploration. The pillar is 49 feet high, 36 feet long and and 13 feet ...

The computer is connected through the cable that is lowering the package. The downcast is halted once the package reaches close to the ocean floor. When the CTD is raised back to the surface, the ...

This isn’t the first time scientists have found thriving ecosystems in seemingly inhospitable parts of the ocean. For decades, marine biologists have studied hydrothermal vents—essentially ...

According to an article published by the Farmingdale Observer, the team has released the most detailed map to date of the ocean floor, using data from the SWOT satellite (Surface Water and Ocean ...

The exceptionally thick, 205-mile-deep mantle transition zone beneath the Antilles ranks among the thickest ever observed around the world.

Prior research has shown that millions of tons of plastics are piling up in the environment, including on the ocean floor. Because of this, scientists have been looking for better, biodegradable ...

If the street this house sits on is named after a seabird — as is pretty much every other street in the neighborhood — then the Atlantic Ocean can ... This floor has electric baseboard ...

That’s how it can act as a durable record of deep-Earth processes that unfolded long before the ocean floor around it even existed. This discovery also casts doubt on a long-standing idea in ...

The ocean floor remains one of the last unexplored areas of the planet. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, only 26.1% of the global sea floor had been mapped with ...

The bow remains upright on the seafloor, still largely intact, while the stern—located 600 meters away—is mangled and collapsed, the result of slamming into the ocean floor after the ship split in two ...

Sea cucumbers might appear unremarkable, yet they possess remarkable survival mechanisms. Playing a crucial role in cleaning the ocean floor, these animals decompose detritus and recycle nutrients.

Credit: NASA Earth Observatory We’ve mapped the Moon more thoroughly than our own ocean floor, but a leap forward has come with NASA’s SWOT satellite. Using tiny changes in sea surface height to ...