From coral reefs and kelp forests to the open ocean and deep-sea zones, nutrients that support phytoplankton growth and ...
Driven by three presidential executive orders signed in 2025, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management wants to loosen its rules governing seabed mining, which could commence in a matter of ...
Critical minerals are found in several forms in the ocean, from potato-size nodules to brine pools. They are also in some of ...
About 1000 kilometers off the coast of Portugal, hidden beneath the surface of the Atlantic Ocean, lies one of the most interesting geological features on Earth. Stretching roughly 500 kilometers, the ...
While exploring ancient seabeds in Morocco, scientists discovered strange wrinkle-like textures in deep-water sediments that shouldn’t have been there. These structures are usually made by ...
A team of scientists has investigated the so-called "Grand Canyon of the Atlantic": A huge underwater canyon extending 500 kilometers. The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in or ...
A small mare ridge in Northeast Mare Imbrium taken by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera. Credit: NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University Scientists have mapped thousands of young tectonic ridges ...
All around the world, from the Red Sea to the deep ocean ridges of the Atlantic, lurk more than a dozen geological misfits. These scraps of continental crust are found in the middle of oceans, ...
Chinese scientists have become the first to visit one of Earth’s most remote and geologically intriguing realms: an underwater volcanic ridge in the Arctic Ocean. The expedition, which concluded late ...
We know surprisingly little about Earth’s deep seafloor – only a small percentage has been mapped in detail. There are better maps of the Moon’s surface than of the bottom of Earth’s ocean. Ships with ...
The human-occupied vehicle Alvin, during a dive on the East Pacific Rise, collected samples and recovered instruments placed at the vents during previous expeditions. Woods Hole, Mass (October 13, ...
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