In 1994, Ric Mixter spent nearly two hours on the bottom of Lake Superior. His dive revealed torn steel, spilled ore and ...

Drilling for minerals deep in the ocean could have immense consequences for the tiny animals at the core of the vast marine food web — and ultimately affect fisheries and the food we find on our ...

Visualize aliens living deep in the Mariana Trench and the mysteries of our oceans.

Deep sea mining, seafloor vents, underwater drones, bioluminescent sharks, and the disturbing effects of ocean acidification ...

“Critical minerals, whether from land or from the deep ocean itself, have a military end use, and that’s been made very clear ...

The ocean has beckoned to legions of energy entrepreneurs before dashing their hopes against the rocks. Now a new company is ...

The consequences of global warming, caused mainly by burning fossil fuels, are varied and many. Now scientists have ...

A pale-pink sea anemone constructs homes for its crab companions. The discovery reveals some complex behaviour among these ...

The region is seeing a boom in fossil fuels just as the impacts of the climate crisis really bite. It’s raising thorny ...

Soil and seabed systems are degrading, driving rising climate, food and market risks. New science shows why natural ...

One of Earth's most spectacular light shows can actually be found in the oceans, when their waves glow brightly as the result of biochemical processes.

La Niña refers to the periodic cooling of Pacific Ocean water temperatures as stronger trade winds push warm water toward ...