the crew aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Healy were working on a project to map the seafloor off the coast of Alaska when they found a new volcano-like formation deep in the ocean waters.

Reduced evolutionary constraint accompanies ongoing radiation in deep-sea anglerfishes. Nature Ecology & Evolution , 2024; DOI: 10.1038/s41559-024-02586-3 Cite This Page : ...

To reconstruct ocean temperatures, researchers look at ratios of stable oxygen isotopes in deep-sea waters by measuring oxygen held in seafloor carbonate. The ratio of the "heavy" oxygen-18 ...

They then light up the darkest parts of the ocean and discuss the discovery of a brand-new lifeform. Lastly, they talk about AI and the frontiers of how computer scientists have developed a method to ...

According to estimates, the deep sea could contain up to 13% of as yet undiscovered global oil reserves and 30% of natural gas reserves. This is yet another reason for the increased political and ...

New research highlights the deep ocean’s critical role in past climate shifts, especially around Antarctica, impacting ice age intensification and atmospheric CO₂. Credit: SciTechDaily.com A new study ...

The ship is operated through the non-profit Ocean Exploration Trust, an organization devoted to seafloor exploration. An E/V Nautilus team famously spotted a “yellow brick road” deep ...

What's at the bottom of the Mariana Trench, and how do we know? How deep does the ocean go? We'll answer these questions and more in this deep dive into the world's oceans. Come on in: The water's ...

The “mystery mollusk,” Bathydevius caudactylus as the scientists officially named it, inhabits the ocean’s deep abyss, also known as the midnight zone. But this isn’t just about a new species – it’s ...

A rare deep sea fish, regarded as a harbinger of doom, has washed up on a southern California shore. The Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego, said one of ...

Scientists use carbonate contained in these shells to learn more about how ocean temperatures have changed ... for the effects of pH and warm saline deep water on isotope variance.