More than 71% of Earth is covered by oceans, but about 95% of them remain unexplored. Only about 20% of the seafloor has been ...

Robotic and autonomous underwater vehicles have collected vast quantities of footage from the deep sea, but most of it hasn’t ...

Models show that as the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation gets weaker, the Gulf Stream will drift northwards. There ...

Over 70% of Earth's surface is covered by oceans, but most of it remains unexplored. In contrast, we have detailed surface ...

Monterey Bay Aquarium biologists, who plunged a remotely operated vehicle almost 1,600 feet underwater during a research cruise in January, encountered what could be a young glass squid. Little to no ...

New Zealand's earlier efforts to safeguard marine or coastal environments, particularly as marine reserves and marine ...

W HAT HAPPENS in the sea matters to everyone on land, because life in the sea underpins habitability on Earth. The ocean acts as a planetary thermostat. It regulates the climate, produces oxygen, ...

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Scientists now believe vast water reserves are hidden nearly 400 miles beneath Earth's surface, locked within rock. Lab experiments, earthquake data, and rare deep-formed diamonds suggest this 'wet' ...

Scientists with the Schmidt Ocean Institute have identified a massive undersea peak along the Salas y Gomez Ridge in the southeastern Pacific, a formation that rises higher from the ocean floor than ...

The ocean depths are a vast, mysterious frontier that has captivated human imagination and scientific inquiry for centuries. Despite advances in technology, much of this aquatic abyss remains ...

A new search for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 is officially underway on Tuesday morning in the southern Indian Ocean. More than a decade after the plane vanished, investigators are again scanning ...