The Arctic deep sea harbors significant oil and natural gas reserves along with valuable resources such as rare earths and ...

At depths exceeding 2,500 meters, researchers aboard the research vessel Falkor have uncovered a bustling ecosystem teeming ...

After talking with many scientists,... Did life start on the ocean floor — and what does that mean for alien life? How did life start on Earth? The answer is a big scientific mystery scientists ...

Published Sept. 25 in Nature Communications, the findings impact not only our understanding of how life began, but can also be applied to industrial blue-energy harvesting. When seawater seeps way ...

In a discovery that may further our understanding of the early evolution of life on Earth ... A new study has revealed that changes in the ocean floor impact currents, giving new insight into ...

The oceans play a big role in preventing the Earth from getting even hotter due to climate change. That's thanks to the ocean ...

It was clear that whatever died had fallen to the ocean floor and been picked apart by sea life, leaving only the heaviest and thickest of the bones and teeth. The expedition was exploring a group ...