Gathering minerals such as nickel, cobalt, manganese and lithium from the seabed could affect everything from sponges to ...

The conduits, which are spooled in big stacks on a boat before being buried in an underwater trench, are a crucial part of ...

The vast array of organisms in the deep sea remains a mystery to humans. Now, marine biologists can add one more puzzle to the list. A collection of odd materials was discovered nearly four miles ...

Deep-sea mining in a remote part of the Pacific Ocean could harm ocean life including whales and dolphins, new research shows.

A groundbreaking study in the journal Science, has unveiled how deep ocean currents—known as global overturning ...

A warming climate doesn't just affect dry land — it affects the ocean, too. For years, Earth's ocean has acted as a heat sink for climate change: A large part of the heat generated by human use of ...

A NEW ocean is forming beneath Ethiopia as a “heartbeat”-like pulse deep below the Earth’s surface splits the African continent in two, according to scientists. While a new ocean … ...

Earth’s continents may look fixed on a globe, but they’ve been drifting, splitting and reforming over billions of years – and ...

Deep Pulses Beneath Africa Are Breaking the Continent Apart, Creating a New Ocean Learn more about the pounding plume of molten rock that’s beneath Ethiopia, forcing its three tectonic plates to ...

China has installed large steel cages and a former oil drilling rig in the Yellow Sea, raising concerns in South Korea that they could be used for military purposes.