Researchers have uncovered surprising evidence that the deep ocean’s carbon-fixing engine works very differently than long assumed. While ammonia-oxidizing archaea were thought to dominate carbon ...

Thousands of feet deep, parts of the seafloor are covered in polymetallic nodules. The potato-sized formations are being targeted by mining companies because of the metals they contain. (NOAA Ocean ...

Most people underestimate just how deep the ocean really is. Beyond the surface, there are layers of darkness that humans have barely explored. As you go deeper, the pressure increases and the ...

Oceanographer and physicist Helen Czerski explains how the ocean's physics the Earth ahead of a talk at UH at Mānoa.

In a step toward better understanding how the ocean sequesters carbon, new findings from UC Santa Barbara researchers and collaborators challenge the current view of how carbon dioxide is “fixed” in ...

A veritable gold rush appears to be opening up, not in the dusty hills of California but in the deep seabeds of the Pacific Ocean — one that’s being driven by an insatiable global demand of critical ...

With growing interest in mining critical metals from the seafloor, countries are now negotiating international rules. The Trump administration is... Countries are negotiating rules to mine the deep ...