Some tropical land regions may warm more dramatically than previously predicted, as climate change progresses, according to a ...

Scientists have long suspected that high salinity levels in the deep ocean were responsible for keeping carbon dioxide locked ...

Invisible clouds of sediment created by underwater mining spread for miles, putting ocean floor ecosystems at risk.

Japan’s METI and JAMSTEC have successfully retrieved rare earth-rich sediment from 6,000 metres below the Pacific Ocean. This ...

Scientists studying ancient ocean sediments discovered a surprising link between the shrinking of West Antarctica’s ice and ...

The mission was the world's first bid to tap deep sea rare earths at such a depth, the government said, as Japan seeks to ...

This study fundamentally changes how we understand algal bloom initiation,” says Dr. Troy Yu Tao, Associate Professor at Harbin Institute of Technology. Instead of a sudden explosion at the surface, ...

Cosmogenic krypton in zircon crystals reveals millions of years of erosion, sediment transport, and landscape evolution in southern Australia.

Test mission collects a sample from 6,000 meters near Minami Torishima, with analysis underway on mineral content.

Scientists filmed a squid covering itself in mud and holding its tentacles upright, using camouflage that helps it hide on the ocean floor.