In a step toward better understanding how the ocean sequesters carbon, new findings from UC Santa Barbara researchers and ...

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Vanguard, a new subsea human habitat, will immerse researchers for weeks, allowing them to observe the ocean’s complexity and ...

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The new global transparency tool will empower governments, researchers and civil society to monitor vessels involved in deep-sea mineral exploration. Washington, D.C., United Stat ...

Researchers say the polymetallic nodules that mining companies hope to harvest from the deep-ocean seafloor may be a source of oxygen for the animals, plants and bacteria that live there. This ...

A new study could change the way scientists view microbial processes in the deep ocean. The unexpected findings expand our understanding of the impacts of climate change, including how and where the ...

As part of its Deep Ocean Drilling Program, the special-built Meng Xiang (梦想号, "Dream") drill ship is gearing up for a multi-year effort to pierce the Earth's crust. Ever since Homer's The Odyssey, ...

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A giant congregation of crabs filmed 1,350 feet below the surface in the ocean off of Chile. Credit: Schmidt Ocean Institute / YouTube An age of discovery is upon us. Earth is an ocean planet, with ...

A new study published in the journal Nature Geoscience found evidence of oxygen production near polymetallic nodules located deep in the ocean. Called dark oxygen, this oxygen is being produced ...

In something straight out of an H.P. Lovecraft horror story, a terrifying deep-sea squid has been filmed latching on to a camera over half a mile under the ocean's surface. The creature, which was ...