Known as the Sargasso Sea, sailors have crossed it for centuries, but few notice the border when they slip into glassy indigo ...

During his visit, Dr. Singh also unveiled a documentary chronicling NCPOR’s two-and-a-half-decade journey and launched a ...

A California company’s bid to mine the seafloor near American Samoa gained momentum after the U.S. Interior Department agreed ...

New study finds that ammonia aerosols from penguin guano likely play an important part in the formation of heat-shielding ...

Offshore renewable energy expansion, especially wind farms, drives demand for advanced underwater bulldozers for precise ...

Recent scientific discoveries have revealed that human-made pollutants have reached the Mariana Trench Marine National ...

By strengthening carbon sinks we can slow down global warming but what are carbon sinks and where can they be found?

Japanese geologists have linked ancient amber layers on the seafloor to a massive landslide-triggered tsunami during the age ...

Figuring out anything from 115 million years ago is a challenge. But realizing that a tsunami happened is even more ...

Critics call for an industry moratorium until more scientific data can be obtained about fragile deep sea ecosystems.

On April 24, President Trump signed an executive order promoting deep-sea mining in the US and international waters, touting ...

In a vast storage room at a nickel plant in Hachinohe, northern Japan, a group of men in suits and hard hats are squatting on ...