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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration finalized new regulations Wednesday that consolidate deep-sea mining ...

The ocean floor is becoming a massive plastic dump, with debris accumulating in deep-sea canyons and harming marine life.

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Guam's top elected leaders are connecting dots between Trump administration foreign policy, deep-sea mining proposals and the ...

In the deep blue sea, there are always unknowns waiting to be discovered. In 2025, China's HOVs dived into the heavily ...

In collaboration with Chilean researchers, Chinese research vessel Tan Suo Yi Hao (Exploration No. 1) will, for the first ...

A joint China-Chile expedition aims to explore a 435-mile stretch of the Atacama Trench, ...

Geologists from Heriot-Watt are part of an international research team that has confirmed why the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake off ...

The ocean covers more than 70 percent of Earth, yet most of it remains unexplored. Beneath the surface lie places of total ...

Far below the surface of the western Pacific Ocean, scientists have uncovered a geological system that reshapes how you may ...

The ocean floor is rapidly becoming a massive plastic dump, threatening the survival of hundreds of marine species due to increasing seafloor pollution.