The survey will take place in an area of 30,000 square miles being considered for mining that is adjacent to the Rose Atoll ...

Narrow bands of ocean covering just over one-third of the world's seas are responsible for absorbing nearly three-quarters of ...

Deep in the Atlantic Ocean, far from any coastline and out of reach of sunlight, scientists have mapped a sprawling undersea ...

Scattered across coral-strewn reefs and sunken cliffs, Bermuda’s centuries-old shipwrecks beckon explorers to uncover ...

Discovered by scientists in 2000, more than 700 meters (2,300 feet) beneath the surface, the Lost City Hydrothermal Field is ...

'Lost City' deep in the Atlantic is like nothing else we've ever seen on Earth ...

Evidence from fossil shells suggests that falling seawater calcium helped lock away carbon dioxide and helped cool Earth after the dinosaurs.

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 ...

New research highlights the complex relationship between Earth's tectonic plate movements and climate shifts. Contrary to ...

New research challenges conventional wisdom by demonstrating that mid-ocean ridges and continental rifts, not volcanic ...

Earth has experienced many icehouse and greenhouse climates. A new study shows how they connect to plate tectonics.

Memorizing seven continents feels settled, like learning the alphabet. A new study argues the ground rules are less tidy.