Over the past decade, environmental disasters that have damaged the world’s oceans have been chronicled. These range from ...

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

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 ...

Bigelow Laboratory researchers and students have applied an innovative method for studying chemical processes at the individual cell level to advance understanding of Maine’s coastal sediments and the ...

Hurricanes move massive amounts of sediment from shallow reefs to deep oceans, affecting ecosystems long-term.

The impact of hurricanes when they travel over land, or when they affect ships or oil-drilling platforms, are quite well understood. But these huge cyclones also stir up the ocean itself, with ...

Shallow coastal sediments help control the flow of energy and nutrients from land to ocean. Because oxygen penetrates only a few millimeters below the surface, microbes living in this environment ...

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 ...

These mineral ores are formed over millions of years from metals dissolved in the ocean water or released during microbial degradation of organic material in the sediments. As global demand for ...

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 : ...