A new study reveals that microplastics are present in sediments throughout the Whittard Canyon – a submarine canyon off the ...

The U.S. push to mine international waters for metals defies global efforts to control and protect these fragile ecosystems.

Underwater avalanches, or "submarine landslides," might sound like something out of a sci-fi movie, but they’re a real danger ...

Company received a major boost in April when Trump issued an executive order asserting America’s right to mine beneath the ...

An underwater volcano near Tonga revealed how sediment spreads, disrupts marine life, and raises questions about deep-sea ...

Geologists discover that a huge prehistoric tsunami carried amber from coastal forests to deep waters in Japan 115 million ...

Deep-sea mining could impact marine life stretching from the tiniest bottom dwellers to apex predators like swordfish and ...

A team of scientists put together a global database of submarine mud volcanoes. Orders of magnitude more are still bubbling, ...

Japan will try to mine the seabed in its Exclusive Economic Zone. Like the United States, India and Australia, Japan wants to ...

Because they are the cradle of life and a climate shield. Because when the ocean thrives, so do we – and right now, they're ...

Giant bodies of sand found under the North Sea flip the rules of geology and may reshape how experts approach underground ...

In 2022, the eruption of the underwater Hunga volcano near Tonga sent a plume of ash soaring 37 miles into the sky, setting a ...