How deep does the ocean go ... expedition detected the first evidence of a mid-oceanic ridge running down the Atlantic Ocean, but the ridge was initially thought to be unique to the Atlantic ...

In 2018, Portugal hosted a conference to discuss "the challenges of current and future deep sea mining.  Four years later, ...

The ocean holds many bizarre deep-sea monsters ... The Japanese spider crab is happy to welcome you to 300 meters down. These massive crustaceans are thought to live to 100 years old and are ...

A crew took Alvin down to 2,500 meters below the surface ... to know where there might be mineral deposits in the oceans. Deep-ocean study has since been carried out mostly by biologists, whose ...

and pollutants that drift down into the deep ocean, sampling every two weeks to provide a nearly five decades-long record of changes in the environment. And now, that moored observatory ...

Countries have debated for decades whether to allow mining on the ocean floor, a potential trove of critical minerals. Now, a Canadian startup says it will move ahead, whether or not rules are in ...