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Scientists said they have seen the first signs of life returning to deep sea mining tracks carved into the abyssal seabed ...

Scientists exploring the ocean off the New Zealand coast believe they have discovered 100 new marine species. A 21-strong team on the Ocean Census expedition have been mapping and investigating ...

What's at the bottom of the Mariana Trench, and how do we know? How deep does the ocean go? We'll answer these questions and more in this deep dive into the world's oceans. Come on in: The water's ...

Picture an ocean world so deep and dark it feels like another planet—where creatures glow and life survives under crushing pressure.

Cosmic origins: Beryllium-10 is produced in the upper atmosphere and eventually incorporated into ferromanganese crusts in the deep ocean. Around 10 million years ago, the amount deposited in these ...

Could lumpy metallic rocks in the deepest, darkest reaches of the ocean be making oxygen in the absence of sunlight?