When Earth was a molten inferno, water may have been locked safely underground rather than lost to space. Researchers ...

Giant amphipod species Alicella gigantea, once thought to be very rare, is found to inhabit the majority of Earth's deep ...

In the midst of the COVID pandemic, scientists embarked on an ambitious research expedition to the North Atlantic to ...

Earth's deep mantle stored enough water in rocks to equal one ocean during our planet's early molten days, helping explain ...

Earth was once a fireball with magma flowing in one giant ocean. But, even at this time, it had water. However, it was not ...

Today, oceans cover about 70% of Earth’s surface. This stark contrast has long driven scientific interest in how water ...

Earth’s deep interior still shapes the world above your feet. Water trapped far below the surface helps control how rocks ...

Some 4.6 billion years ago, Earth was nothing like the gentle blue planet we know today. Frequent and violent celestial impacts churned its surface and interior into a seething ocean of magma—an ...

Earth may have a sixth ocean — and it’s not on the surface. It’s locked deep inside the planet, hidden in minerals hundreds of miles underground. This “ocean” holds more water than all seas combined, ...

Ancient oceans, driven by microscopic life, once pulled vast amounts of carbon from the atmosphere, leading to dramatic ...

This surprising study reveals that the “secret water vault” within Earth is one of the most consequential geological ...

Deep-sea mining trials revealed significant but localized biodiversity loss in one of the planet’s least explored ecosystems.