We know more about the Moon’s surface than Earth’s ocean floor — but that’s changing fast. A NASA-supported team used a ...

Diplomats from more than 30 nations have criticized a proposal that could allow the start of seabed mining by 2027.

OceanX and OceanQuest “Around Africa Expedition” continues its groundbreaking mission with its latest stop at Mindelo, located on São Vicente Island in Cabo Verde. This next phase of the four-month ...

“Sea moss is a good source of fiber, which helps to keep you full and satisfied for a long time,” says registered dietitian ...

Rust can be incredibly annoying if it appears on your new bicycle or car, but if you are a free-floating baby marine animal ...

Higher carbon-dioxide levels in the atmosphere change all these things. The gas’s mere presence acidifies seawater. Its ...

The floor of the Calypso Deep − a 5,112-meter-deep trench in the Ionian Sea − holds one of the highest concentrations of ...

The deep oceans are far from flat. They feature ridges, trenches, seamounts, and valleys, creating a diverse and dramatic underwater landscape shaped by tectonic activity and volcanic processes. Among ...

Until now, only about a quarter of the seafloor has been mapped using ships with special sonar equipment. The rest has ...

This weekend the M209 expedition ‘BASIS’ led by GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel has started. An international team is investigating the largely unexplored deep seas off the Cape Verde ...

This month, one soloist has crossed into the Indian Ocean, another has made a pitstop in French Polynesia, and a canoeist has crossed the Atlantic.

NASA and the French space agency CNES's SWOT satellite provides researchers with the tools to create the most accurate ocean ...