Hurricanes move massive amounts of sediment from shallow reefs to deep oceans, affecting ecosystems long-term.

When a hurricane passes, it stirs up cold, nutrient-rich water, which helps bacteria and plankton grow in the upper ocean, according to a new study.

Half a million barrels of toxic waste lurking beneath the waves just miles from California’s coastline sounds like the plot ...

New research suggests that Earth’s orbital variations—the slow changes in its tilt, axial precession, and shape of its ...

In the cold, lightless Pacific Ocean deep, the seabed is scattered with metal-rich rocks coveted by miners—and huge numbers ...

A team from the Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, studied the sediments that Hurricanes Fabian (2003) and Igor (2010) ...

and back-arc basins are focal points for deep-sea research due to their abundant mineral and biological resources. Unlike the sediment-covered deep-sea plains, the above areas have complex topography ...

The first phase of the MEER research was a joint effort of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, the Institute of Deep-sea Science ...

Bigelow Laboratory researchers and students have applied an innovative method for studying chemical processes at the individual cell level to advance understanding of Maine’s coastal sediments and the ...

Mining of polymetallic nodules from the seabed might lead to significant and long-lasting ecological changes -- both in the mined area, where surface sediments and the fauna living in and on it are ...

The deep-sea, covering more than 60% of the Earth's surface, is a realm of mystery. It hosts a diverse range of geological features, which are all subject ...

Independent researchers from the MiningImpact project and the German Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources ...