China has tested an autonomous deep-sea robot capable of drilling and monitoring inside seabed strata during a South China ...

Deep sea pressure reverse osmosis at 400 to 600 meters drives membrane filtration, cutting energy use more than 50 percent ...

Despite crushing pressure, total darkness and near-freezing temperatures, researchers found an underwater world teeming with ...

For more than 60 years, the ginkgo-toothed beaked whale (Mesoplodon ginkgodens) was one of the ocean’s greatest mysteries.

A prototype OceanWell reverse osmosis pod sits on the dock at the Las Virgenes Reservoir in Westlake Village, Calif., Monday, ...

Scientists discovered that deep-sea vents are tapping hydrogen from buried sediments, reshaping ideas about where ocean ...

Scientific studies show substantial reductions in deep-sea biodiversity following mining tests, with impacts potentially lasting decades. Governments are split between environmental caution and the ...

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The mid-ocean ridge runs through the oceans like a suture. Where Earth's plates move apart, new oceanic crust is continuously ...

A mining-machine test on the deep-ocean floor resulted in species diversity declining by roughly 32% in the tracks of the ...

For more than a decade, The Metals Company has poured millions of dollars into researching and developing technology for mining seafloors at extreme depths, funding scientific studies to evaluate the ...

The U.S. government is moving closer to approving deep-sea mining in international waters, opening a contentious new front in the push to secure critical minerals. Federal officials said they will ...