Scientists agreed the rocky outcrops in a remote part of Quebec, Canada, were ancient. But were they really Earth’s oldest?

The ocean is a source of life and resilience—for people and cultures, for livelihoods, for climate stability. But it's under ...

Scientists on the US West Coast say they discovered three previously unknown species of deep-sea spider that could have a rare diet fueled by a common greenhouse gas.

In a daring expedition to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, Harvard astrophysicist Professor Avi Loeb believes he may have ...

An international team of researchers has discovered that metallic minerals on the deep-ocean floor produce oxygen -- 13,000 feet below the surface. Discovery challenges long-held assumptions that ...

Scientists mapping a part of the bottom of the ocean humans haven't properly researched before needed to use robots for their ...

But polymetallic nodules may not have just helped start life on Earth—they may also continue to keep it going near the ocean floor. And this poses a major issue for viewing them as a potential ...

This previously unknown symbiotic relationship helps keep methane—a major greenhouse gas—trapped in the ocean.

The U.S. takes a step toward allowing mining on the ocean floor, a fragile ecosystem He would have assumed the area seen by humanity was less than 1% of the total, he says, but was still surprised ...

Despite covering most of Earth's surface and providing crucial resources, the deep ocean remains largely unseen and misunderstood. A recent study published in Science Advances reveals that ...

The study, published in Science Advances, equates the area seen by human eyes to being even smaller than the state of Rhode Island. Ocean Discovery League ...

This process occurs on the deep ocean floor, where light cannot penetrate. In 2024, researchers announced that they had discovered strange nodules 13,000 feet beneath the ocean's surface that ...