Deep beneath the Pacific Ocean floor, sediment cores hold secrets that could reshape how scientists predict Earth's climate future. These deep-sea layers capture snapshots of ancient oceans ...

Underwater avalanches, or "submarine landslides," might sound like something out of a sci-fi movie, but they’re a real danger ...

An underwater volcano near Tonga revealed how sediment spreads, disrupts marine life, and raises questions about deep-sea ...

Company received a major boost in April when Trump issued an executive order asserting America’s right to mine beneath the ...

What 25-million-year-old ocean sediment can teach us about our planet’s future. Published:10/9/2023 10/9/2023 • By Yvaine Ye. ... Jennings and two dozen scientists use a long drill that can pierce the ...

Japan will from January attempt to extract rare earth minerals from the ocean floor in the deepest trial of its kind, the ...

Mysterious holes discovered on ocean floor puzzle experts, spawn aliens theory By . Ben Cost. Published July 27, 2022. ... which are aligned perfectly on the sediment of the ocean floor.

"Today, only about 0.2% of the ocean floor is covered with anoxic sediments, similar to those found in the Black Sea. At the time of the T-OAE, 183 million years ago, it was 6% to 8% of the ocean ...

MIT scientists measured a sediment plume stirred up by a protoype of a deep-sea-mining vehicle to help gauge the impact of such vehicles if they are used to mine minerals like nickel and cobalt.

The ocean floor is depicted in black, sediment in brown and hydrothermal circulation in blue. In a, heat loss is by advection; in b, by advection and conduction; and in c by conduction alone ...

Similar openings on the sea floor were first spotted 18 years ago along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Their origins remain unknown. Scientists are asking the public for their thoughts.