Along certain parts of the ocean floor lies a bounty of rare minerals and metals, critical components for batteries, electric ...

A U.K. startup wants to be the SpaceX of the deep sea, and hopes to establish a permanent human residence on the ocean floor ...

Beneath the surface of the Southern Ocean, vast volumes of cold, dense water plunge off the Antarctic continental shelf, ...

We've mapped the Moon more thoroughly than our own ocean floor, but a leap forward has come with NASA's SWOT satellite. Using ...

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

In the middle of the Pacific Ocean, thousands of miles from any continent, Easter Island rises out of the sea. Its surface ...

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 ...