Researchers are not even halfway through analyzing the thousands of samples collected from the Southern Ocean, but they've ...

Diverse life forms exist on and within the ocean floor. These primarily consist of microbes, tiny organisms that can cope ...

The researchers developed a computer model to simulate how plastic pollution degrades, breaks apart, and then interacts with other sinking particles known as "marine snow," or tiny, sticky organic ...

SINKER is an innovative new instrument equipped with advanced microscopes and cameras to collect detailed data about carbon ...

Commercial vessels, particularly fishing boats, are known sources of ocean plastic, losing up to a million tons of plastic gear at sea every year. For this study, researchers looked beyond what ...

The Japanese deep-sea drilling vessel Chikyu has been officially recognized by Guinness World Records for descending to the ...

A research team from the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences ...

Beneath the waves of the high seas, beyond the national borders of any country, lies the deep seabed. Known in international ...

China’s experiment with submerging digital infrastructure beneath the ocean has now moved from theory to commercial reality.

The aquariums said its aerial survey team spotted three True’s beaked whales, a species “rarely seen at the surface,” while above the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument off the ...

Notable sightings along the way included the discovery of an extensive crinoid meadow at a depth of 9,100 meters (29,855 feet ...

Large, buoyant plastic items degrade over decades, shedding microplastics as they go. These tiny fragments may eventually ...