Deep below the surface of the ocean, bacteria and critters that feed off nutrients spouting from hydrothermal vents met with ...

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.

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

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

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

The Metals Company is applying for permission from the Trump administration to mine for nickel and cobalt beneath a remote ...

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

New research challenges the long-held belief that the Arctic Ocean was covered by a massive ice shelf during ice ages.

Deep-sea sediments reveal the production sites of the heaviest chemical elements in the Universe to be neutron star mergers — rare events that eject large amounts of mass — and not core ...

In marine biogeochemistry, the study highlights how sediments influence the availability of trace metals, which are essential for ocean life, and explains the movement of nutrients in the deep sea.