The Metals Company, a prominent seabed-mining company, applauded the change and filed a new application more than doubling ...

Using robotic fins, researchers have learned how stingrays are able to swim with impressive control. These insights could ...

Beneath Antarctica’s Ross Ice Shelf is a hidden ocean – a vast, dark cavity roughly twice the volume of the North Sea.

The vast majority of our planet’s oceans remain unexplored, hiding secrets that challenge everything we thought we knew about ...

Marine turbidites are layers of mud and sand deposited on the deep ocean floor by massive underwater landslides and are often ...

Scientists have produced the most detailed map ever made of the ground beneath Antarctica’s ice, revealing a hidden landscape ...

Scientists have discovered there is more to Antarctica than meets the eye. A new map of the landscape beneath the frozen ...

The team used satellite imagery, computer modeling, and an array of different methods to map the ice sheets and glacial flows ...

A new analysis of stress, tides and interior forces suggests Jupiter’s icy moon Europa lacks the active seafloor faulting needed for robust hydrothermal circulation — with implications for chemical ...

For years, strange and perfect circles have been appearing on the ocean floor, now scientists are finally uncovering the truth behind them. The outer ring of the circle is a pattern of peaks and ...

Many parts of the United States would be significantly impacted if sea levels rose 10 feet, including Texas, a projection map by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) shows. The ...