Researchers have uncovered surprising evidence that the deep ocean’s carbon-fixing engine works very differently than long assumed. While ammonia-oxidizing archaea were thought to dominate carbon ...

They're all around us: sensors and satellites, radars and drones. These tools form vast remote sensing networks that collect ...

Stanford University researchers have pulled back a curtain on a hidden part of Earth that rarely makes headlines. Their new ...

A hidden “tear” beneath the continents may have been fueling oceanic volcanoes for millions of years, study reveals.

At first glance, the world map seems familiar and unchanging, with its continents neatly in place. But far beneath the waves ...

A 50-mile seabed curtain may be the last line of defense against unstoppable sea level rise.

A newly studied deep-sea hotspot reveals thousands of creatures lurking in warmth and darkness near an underwater volcano.

The climate fiction movie The Day After Tomorrow, released in 2004, popularised the devastating effects of sudden climate change on planet Earth. The plot dramatises the consequences of a shut-down in ...

Deep beneath the ocean floor, ancient sediments hint that Earth’s magnetic field sometimes changed far more slowly than expected.

Scientists used underwater sound recordings to reconstruct 3D dive and hunting behavior of elusive beaked whales in the Gulf ...

EU-funded researchers are developing a new generation of ocean sensors able to monitor previously hard-to-reach areas, promising clearer insight into how marine ecosystems are responding to climate ...

Far below the ocean’s surface, a hidden circulation system quietly shapes life on Earth. Dense “deep ocean water” formed in just a few remote seas helps drive a global conveyor that redistributes heat ...