The captain sounds the alarm. The waters around the ship rumble. Strange lights from deep below inch closer and closer to you ...

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

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

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

The growing threat of microplastics might be daunting, but a promising study now suggests that the situation might not be as ...

A new study by the University of Vienna shows airborne microplastic emissions are much lower than previously thought, with ...

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

Three-month expedition will plumb uncharted depths of eastern Pacific in quest for new life forms and insights into quakes ...

Researchers have uncovered surprising evidence that the deep ocean’s carbon-fixing engine works very differently than long assumed. While ammonia-oxidizing archaea were thought to dominate carbon ...

As Guam and the CNMI await the next steps in a potential federal push for deep-sea mining in the region, the Trump ...

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

The ocean covers more than two-thirds of the planet and remains one of the most unexplored and mysterious environments on ...