Scientists have discovered an intricate network of tunnels and burrows in the Japan Trench, challenging long-held beliefs ...

On the abyssal plains, at depths between 3,000 and 6,000 meters, polymetallic nodules are scattered across millions of square ...

Deep-sea creatures, rare beings that typically reside in the abyssal depths, are surfacing in unprecedented numbers. What is ...

Historically, the ocean has been difficult to model. Scientists struggled in years past to simulate ocean currents or ...

Unusual marine events, from mass whale strandings to deep-sea creatures appearing in shallow waters, have sparked concerns ...

Similarly, anglerfish—typically found in the ocean’s darkest depths—have been observed in shallower waters. Marine biologists ...

Kiel. Mining of polymetallic nodules from the seabed might lead to significant and long-lasting ecological changes — both in the mined area, where surface sediments and the fauna living in and on it ...

The nightmare scenario of Atlantic Ocean currents collapsing, with weather running amok and putting Europe in a deep freeze, ...

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