Deep below the surface of the ocean, bacteria and critters that feed off nutrients spouting from hydrothermal vents met with ...

The bold question-askers at What If take you deep into five ocean trenches that few humans have ever explored.

The Earth’s crust is disappearing right beneath our feet – and most people don’t even realise it.Now, if you’re a geologist, ...

The big blue blindspot: why the ocean floor is still an unmapped mystery It is the largest habitat on Earth – and also the least explored. As world leaders prepare to meet in Nice for a major UN ...

The ocean might look calm and peaceful on the surface, but there is much more beneath than meets the eye. Just like the saying goes, never judge a book by its cover; the oceans hide a world full ...

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 While scientists note that not all dive ...

Plastic waste has been discovered in the deepest point in the world – the Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean. At depths of 22,000 ft, scientists found 13,500 particles per cubic metre.

Microplastics are so pervasive they have even been discovered in the deepest known part of the ocean: the Mariana Trench. While it has been long understood that microplastics exist on the surface of ...

The Pacific Ocean is riven with oceanic trenches 3-4 km deeper than the ocean bottom that they cut through. These trenches mark areas where continental plates collide in what are known as ...

The contents of three large metal cases have changed our understanding of life under the ocean. Inside were vials of sediment hauled up from a record 8km below the surface of the Pacific Ocean.

The noises continued but nothing was immediately obvious and, reassured by the 13-centimetre steel walls surrounding them, with intrepid zeal they opted to continue, hitting the ocean floor at a ...