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

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

Human waste, mostly plastic, was found in abundance at the deepest part of the Mediterranean called the Calypso Deep, 3.1 ...

Environment This company wants to be the first to mine the ocean floor, with Trump’s help By Daniel Ackerman (NPR) June 30, 2025 7:34 a.m. 00:00 ...

A record-breaking 37-million-ton mass of floating seaweed called sargassum is once again inundating beaches in the Caribbean and will soon reach parts of the U.S. A diver swims beneath a mass of ...

Shell-rich rocks trace a mostly upward climb in ocean life, with each mass extinction slashing both diversity and biomass ...

Scientists on the US West Coast say they discovered three previously unknown species of deep-sea spider that could have a rare diet fueled by a common greenhouse gas.

Once upon a time, it was thought by many, most, and maybe all of us humanoids that the sea was big enough to swallow and ...

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

In a video by the Ocean Exploration Trust, scientists return to a whale fall off the coast of British Columbia for the third ...

Bedrock Ocean has developed an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) that runs for up to 12 hours off its lithium-ion batteries while mapping the floor using its sonar and magnetic sensors.

Attenborough hopes his film will shed light on damage to the deep ocean floor. Pic: PA Sir David says: "What is heartening, really, is that we have the entree to people's front rooms.