The Saya de Malha Bank is one of the world’s largest seagrass fields and the planet’s most important carbon sinks. It faces incalculable risks that threaten the future of humanity.

Picture an ocean world so deep and dark it feels like another planet—where creatures glow and life survives under crushing pressure. This is the midwater zone, a hidden ecosystem that begins 650 feet ...

The impact of hurricanes when they travel over land, or when they affect ships or oil-drilling platforms, are quite well ...

Yet when governments and corporate investors are pouring huge amounts of money and resources into moonshot carbon capture ...

Scientists have filmed a giant deep-sea spider crawling on the Southern Ocean floor, shedding more light on the diversity ...

Despite growing interest in deep-sea mining, much of the deep ocean, particularly the midwater zone, remains poorly understood. A 2023 study in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone found that 88% to 92% of ...

Most modern structures are built to last 50 years or so, but ingenious ancient engineering has kept this watery city afloat ...

This story was originally published by Grist with the headline The weirdest ways scientists are mining for critical minerals, ...

The Fehmarn Belt Link is set to connect Germany and Denmark through the Baltic Sea by car and train. Developers say the ...

"The water is in the way." While instruments can peer through relatively shallow depths to the sea floor, for most of the ocean only acoustic methods are ... scientists Ferrini warns against ...

Since January, the Ocean County Health Department has inspected 597 restaurants, convenience stores and cafeterias. Of those, 15 were found to be conditionally satisfactory, which means they have ...