The image below shows a bathymetric map of the ocean floor, where pink denotes the shallowest water (continental shelves and oceanic plateaus), compared with the yellow-green of mid-ocean ridges ...

Between 15 million and 6 million years ago, deepening of Earth’s ocean basins may have caused a sea level change of similar magnitude, but in the opposite direction. (Image credit: NASA) ...

Marine life in the deep ocean can take decades to recover from the impact of deep-sea mining for rare metals, new research shows.

Ocean currents respond to changes in temperature, salt levels, wind patterns and sea ice ... lions' backs to help them map the elusive ocean floor. Scientists are preparing to drill into the ...

Uncertainty over President Trump’s plans for more tariffs punctuated a week that saw trans-Pacific container rates fall more ...

That’s caused ocean CO2 levels to rise, making waters more acidic ... becomes part of the food chain or sinks to the ocean floor. Carbon is stored At the bottom of the ocean, bacteria works ...

The University of Victoria (UVic) welcomes today’s announcement of $24-million over six years through the Government of Canada’s New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF) to advance the Solid Carbon ...

Next steps under the NFRF-funded project include ongoing research, public engagement, including consultation with coastal and Indigenous communities, and a small-scale demonstration project.