Tourist submarines offer a way for passengers to explore the ocean without having to train as a diver or grow gills. Staying dry is a nice perk, but the real appeal is seeing sea life up close without ...

A groundbreaking study in the journal Science, has unveiled how deep ocean currents—known as global overturning circulation—play a pivotal role in shaping the diversity and function of microbial life ...

Scientists Discovered "Dark Oxygen" Being Produced in Complete Darkness In 2024, researchers made a groundbreaking discovery ...

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Deep beneath the ocean's surface, a groundbreaking DNA study reveals that the deep sea is far more globally connected than once thought. By analyzing thousands of brittle stars preserved in museum ...

New research shows that marine heat waves can reshape ocean food webs, which in turn can slow the transport of carbon to the deep sea and hamper the ocean's ability to buffer against climate change.

Researchers have discovered inorganic nanostructures surrounding deep-ocean hydrothermal vents that are strikingly similar to molecules that make life as we know it possible. These nanostructures are ...

A bizarre new predator has been discovered lurking 26,000 feet below the ocean's surface and has been named after its pitch-black home. The new crustacean was discovered deep in the Atacama Trench ...

As the world faces environmental challenges and seeks new opportunities, the idea of underwater living is gaining serious momentum. While lunar and Martian colonies make headlines, scientists and ...

Deep under the sea, pipelines and cables carrying fuel, power and communications are strewn on the ocean floor like a central nervous system for the global economy. Huge stretches of these critical ...

Oceanic manta rays don’t just glide near the surface - they plunge hundreds of miles deep into the ocean, with these ...