A groundbreaking study in the journal Science, has unveiled how deep ocean currents—known as global overturning ...

A new discovery in one of the most remote and extreme parts of the ocean is challenging our understanding of life at incredible depths. Deep beneath the Pacific Ocean, at nearly 8,000 meters, ...

Chinese research ships are studying the seas for science and resources, but the data they gather could also be useful in a ...

Giant mounds of sand discovered beneath the North Sea off Norway may scramble what we know about a key geological process.

The Cambrian Explosion is a landmark moment in the history of life on Earth when many of the major groups of animals first ...

On Earth, water is so intertwined with life that our search for life on other worlds is essentially a search for water. When ...

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

On Nov. 30, 1942, a torpedo sank the heavy cruiser New Orleans, sending it to the bottom of the Pacific. Its whereabouts were ...

With the first long-term and real-time UWOC system in the deep sea, we believe this demonstration can provide valuable experience for further UWOC studies and converged ocean observation networking ...

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

Deep chlorophyll maximum (DCM) is a common oceanographic phenomenon characterized by a significant peak in chlorophyll concentration at a specific depth below the ocean surface. DCM formation is ...