Rising mountain peaks and sharp rock formations cover the ocean floor, with corals, sponges, fish, and tons of sea creatures ...

A Boston University led team of scientists analyzed a Pacific Ocean seamount that is teeming with biologically diverse corals ...

Deep-sea carbon cycling is poorly constrained ... the prevalence and diversity of seabed carbon sources. The sea floor is emerging as a source of carbon to the overlying ocean.

there are still major gaps in our knowledge of the deep-sea communities living on the sea floor—as clearly demonstrated by our new study." Led by Dr. Eva Ramirez-Llodra and Heidi K. Meyer from ...