An ambitious research programme in northwestern pacific is striving to understand the many facets of the ocean — and the ways they are responding to human impacts — like never before. The sheer ...

Daniel Ohnemus is at the Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, Department of Marine Sciences, University of Georgia, Savannah, Georgia 31411, USA. Read the paper: Abyssal seafloor as a key driver of ...

Parts of the deep Pacific Ocean are covered in metallic lumps known as polymetallic nodules. A study published last year suggested they produce oxygen without sunlight. NOAA Office of Ocean ...

We know next to nothing about 99.999 percent of the seafloor. How one researcher plans to democratize deep-sea exploration. Katy Croff Bell, who has been an ocean researcher for 25 years, is working ...

You can listen to our podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify each week. Follow this link if you're listening on Apple News. This week, we chat with journalist Laura Trethewey, author of The Deepest Map ...

New science has taken a deep dive into plastic waste, providing the first estimate of how much ends up on the sea floor. New research from CSIRO, Australia's national science agency, and the ...

Scientists in California found something extraordinary hiding in the ocean's midnight zone: a new species of glowing sea slug, according to The Guardian. The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute ...

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 ...