Although many species have evolved to survive and thrive at these depths, the seafloor is very much uninhabitable to humans. In fact, only around a couple dozen people have actually been to the ...

A satellite-mounted instrument has in just one year produced higher-resolution imagery of the global seafloor than that from comparable systems over the past 30 years. At present, ship-mounted ...

The level of microplastics on the seafloor is at its highest ever level, with up to 1.9 million pieces covering just one square meter. Researchers said they were “shocked” by the volume of ...

Scientists on the US West Coast say they discovered three previously unknown species of deep-sea spider that could have a ...

Research shows that plastic can accumulate on the seafloor by sinking through the water column or from currents that transport microplastics down underwater canyons to the deep seafloor.

Scientists have long debated the role of “bioturbation” — the excavation and stirring up of seafloor sediments caused by these species. Part of the challenge has come from trying to understand how the ...

A study now presents evidence that these sounds affect some invertebrates that live in and on the seafloor in ways that important functions they provide for their ecosystems may be impacted.

The surprisingly circular seamount rises about 3,300 feet off the seafloor, and has “relatively steep, smooth sides,” scientists say. Saildrone image A mountain would seem to be a tough thing ...

Its underground ocean has long made it one of the most promising candidates in our solar system to host life, but theoretical studies of its seafloor are putting a damper on its promise.

Scientists probing the bottom of the Pacific Ocean made a surprising discovery: animals living underneath the seafloor in an area with volcanic activity. Giant tubeworms, which are known as the ...