Deep below the surface of the ocean, bacteria and critters that feed off nutrients spouting from hydrothermal vents met with ...

The minerals that are being targeted form a critical part of the sea floor, and the sea floor is what life attaches to in the ...

Science News: The deep ocean, covering most of Earth, remains largely unexplored, with only 0.001% visually studied. It regulates climate, harbors unique ecosystems ...

Deep-sea issues are surfacing this World Ocean Day | Opinion On June 8, we celebrate World Ocean Day, and all of the amazing mysteries of our ocean. Chris Dorsett. The Invading Sea.

“Ocean,” now on view on the coast of Denmark, fuses past with present, and art with science to raise urgent questions about our relationship with the sea. By A.J. Goldmann Reporting from ...

Humanity has only explored 0.001% of the deep sea, according to a May 2025 study.Getty Images Reporter The Trump Administration signed an executive order late last month aiming to fast-track ...

Nodules containing nickel, cobalt, and manganese rest top these core samples taken from the deep ocean floor, San Diego, Calif., June 8, 2021. Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images, FILE.