Despite crushing pressure, total darkness and near-freezing temperatures, researchers found an underwater world teeming with ...
Climate change has many culprits, from agriculture to transportation to energy production. Now, add another: the deep ocean ...
Guam lawmakers heard urgent pleas Wednesday to halt federal plans for deep-sea mining near the Marianas Trench, with Speaker ...
Oceans absorb about a quarter of the carbon dioxide released by human activity every year, slowing the pace of global warming ...
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Earthquakes Deep Below Antarctic Waters Seem to Have Surprising Effects on Life at the Surface
Shaking caused by quakes may cause ocean floor vents to release more nutrients, triggering blooms in plant-like organisms ...
Research shows microplastics are flooding the oceans, lessening their ability to absorb carbon dioxide, a process critical to ...
A recent study questions the potential for life on Jupiter’s moon Europa, citing a lack of active faulting on its seafloor ...
We need forest-like governance, financing, and enforcement to ensure its future, argues Francisco de Melo Viríssimo The ocean is central to the stability of the Earth’s climate system and to life as ...
Scientists already knew that the pair of shallow coastal ocean dwellers keep very different schedules of downtime: The ...
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Massive deep-sea eggs found on a volcano thought long dead
Far below the Pacific, a volcano long written off as geologically dead has turned out to be both active and teeming with life ...
With deep-sea mining already under scrutiny, Guam lawmakers are advancing a resolution aimed at reinforcing the island’s opposition. Supporters say this moment is about drawing a clear line as ...
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