Despite the deep ocean covering two-thirds of our planet’s surface, humans have only explored a staggering 0.001% of it, according to a study published in Science Advances on May 7. This tiny fraction ...

Despite the deep ocean floor coating some 66% of our planet's surface, we haven't explored 99.999% of it, study finds. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Scientists have discovered that deep-sea mining plumes can strip vital nutrition from the ocean’s twilight zone, replacing natural food with nutrient-poor sediment. The resulting “junk food” effect ...

Bizarre creatures like vampire squid and blobfish make their home in the dark, cold, depths of the deep sea, but most of this watery realm remains a complete mystery. That's because humans have seen ...

An international study led by the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (ICTA-UAB), Spain, has investigated how marine ecosystems responded to past ...

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Far below the ocean’s surface, a hidden circulation system quietly shapes life on Earth. Dense “deep ocean water” formed in just a few remote seas helps drive a global conveyor that redistributes heat ...

The Southern Ocean absorbs nearly half of all ocean-stored human CO2, but its future role is uncertain. Despite models predicting a decline, researchers found that freshening surface waters are ...

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