IN the cold, lightless Pacific Ocean deep, the seabed is scattered with metal-rich rocks coveted by miners, and huge numbers ...

After suspecting the presence of a series of underwater volcanoes near the Cook Islands, researchers have now mapped out the ...

The discovery of dark oxygen clearly has potential implications for the deep-sea mining industry. Deep-sea mining would ...

NPL and MSL in New Zealand successfully detected a multitude of earthquakes in the Pacific Ocean using a pioneering detection technique. The team are performing ultra-sensitive optical measurements, ...

Several Underwater Volcanoes Found on the Seafloor About 60 Kilometers from Rarotonga Island.

The Pacific Ocean is a highly seismically active area and since the start of the measurements ... Using NPL’s technique, the team will be collecting measurements until December 2025, providing the ...

The findings have come at a time when there has been a growing demand for establishing a moratorium on all deep sea mining ...

A new desalination technology is undergoing testing in Southern California. Water managers hope it will offer an ...

“The law of the sea basically colonized [Pacific peoples’] ocean,” said Frank Murphy, a resident of French Polynesia who ...

Researchers uncover a possible active underwater volcano chain near the Cook Islands, hinting at fresh geological activity.

A team of Chinese scientists has developed a miniature 2.7-kilogram deep-sea robot to explore the deepest natural frontier on ...

The Pacific Ocean is a highly seismically active area ... changing potential to develop a worldwide monitoring network of seafloor sensors using the existing subsea infrastructure.