Bigelow Laboratory scientists have advanced an exciting method for linking the activity of individual microbes to their ...

Researchers found Earth's orbital changes align with past volcanic eruptions. Climate shifts and massive eruptions occurred ...

On the abyssal plains, at depths between 3,000 and 6,000 meters, polymetallic nodules are scattered across millions of square ...

Foraminifera are single-celled marine organisms with a calcareous shell. They not only provide evidence of past habitats, but ...

Mining of polymetallic nodules from the seabed might lead to significant and long-lasting ecological changes -- both in the mined area, where surface sediments and the fauna living in and on it are ...

Organisms in the deep sea rely on gravity flows to lay down sediment and then make burrows beneath the seafloor, according to a new study.

“The key questions lie in our coastal zones, where the most anthropogenic nitrogen enters the ocean,” Wang said. “If most of anthropogenic nitrogen is removed in coastal regions—essentially by ...

Ocean-bottom seismometers reveal surge dynamics in Earth’s longest-runout sediment flows. Communications Earth & Environment , 2025; 6 (1) DOI: 10.1038/s43247-025-02137-z Cite This Page : ...

Deep-sea sediment cores are vital to our understanding of the past and present oceans. They record the geological history of the ocean basins, providing evidence for changing climates, emerging ...

The researchers compared their model to real-world data collected from ocean sediments. The results found that carbon preservation efficiency was almost three times higher than previously calculated ...