Far below the ocean’s surface, a hidden circulation system quietly shapes life on Earth. Dense “deep ocean water” formed in ...

Far below the surface of the Red Sea, in a region long associated with the Biblical story of Moses parting the waters, ...

What began as a search for mineral-rich polymetallic nodules in the Central Indian Ocean Basin (CIOB) has revealed a hidden crisis — microplastic pollution at depths of 5,000 meters 1. The accidental ...

The world's largest ocean basin is also the oldest. A basin is "a depression, or dip, in the Earth's surface," according to National Geographic. The Pacific Ocean is the largest, deepest and oldest ...

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 ...

Scientists have withdrawn plans to conduct a controversial geoengineering experiment this summer in ocean waters south of Martha’s Vineyard. The experiment to tinker with the pH of a patch of ocean ...

A new study indicates that deep-sea mining could threaten at least 30 species of sharks, rays and chimaeras, many of which are already at risk of extinction. The authors found that seabed sediment ...

A news report from China.org.cn on China's natural resources technologies: Exploring peaks, depths, seas, and poles, China notches concrete progress in natural resources technologies during 2021-2025 ...

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