Half a century after the world's first deep sea mining tests picked nodules from the seafloor off the US east coast, the ...

Explorers know that the Earth’s oceans are vast, covering about 71% of the surface of the globe. According to a new study, ...

New research from an international group looking at ancient sediment cores in the North Atlantic has for the first time shown ...

In 1982, geologist Martin Hovland sat aboard a research ship owned by the Norwegian oil company Statoil (now Equinor) in the ...

Deep-sea mining could unleash clouds of debris that threaten a mysterious, vital ecosystem we barely understand.

Dumbo octopuses, like the Opisthoteuthis agassizii seen here during a 2019 dive, are the deepest-living group of octopuses known. NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, 2019 Southeastern U ...

The enigmatic crustacean Alicella gigantea is the world’s largest amphipod, but like all deep-sea creatures it hasn’t proved ...

A global survey of microplastics in oceans reveals that tiny particles of plastic are prevalent throughout the water column, ...

The Blake Plateau, an astonishing deep-sea mountain range, features striking pillars of marine life alongside humanity’s ...

I actually don’t. One of our problems with the deep ocean is that we think of it as this alien place. It is part of our world. The deep ocean is the largest environment on the planet ...

Small things matter, at least when it comes to ocean features like waves and eddies. A recent NASA-led analysis using data ...