Scientists have discovered hundreds of giant sand bodies beneath the North Sea that appear to defy fundamental geological ...

President Donald Trump has signed a new executive order that supports deep sea mining in both United States and international ...

Amanda Dedicatoria described towering hydrothermal vents rising from the ocean floor like underwater skyscrapers. Just hours ...

Rocks from the Hadean Eon, the first period in the geological timescale, have been dated in Québec. These are some of the ...

A new technique of examination, which digitized cretaceous rocks, led to the discovery of the oldest known squid specimen.

Researchers have discovered that an 80 year old historic World War II shipwreck is still influencing the microbiology and geochemistry of the ocean floor where it rests. In Frontiers in Marine Science ...

Deep-sea mining could impact marine life stretching from the tiniest bottom dwellers to apex predators like swordfish and ...

A startup called Gigablue claims to have reached a milestone by selling 200,000 carbon credits for its ocean-based carbon ...

Most foraminiferan species reside on the seafloor, but paleontologists are particularly interested in planktonic species, ...

By federal law, the shipping lanes of New York and New Jersey Harbor must be deep enough for large cargo ships. To maintain a ...

The Metals Company is applying for permission from the Trump administration to mine for nickel and cobalt beneath a remote ...