Humans still haven’t seen 99.999% of the deep seafloor Human eyes have only seen a tiny, tiny, tiny fraction of the areas of the world that are covered by deep water.

Of central concern are the plumes of sediment that mining would create, both at the seafloor and at depths around 1,000 meters, which have “some of the clearest ocean waters,” said Jeffrey ...

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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 ...

Making matters worse, nearly two-thirds of all visual seafloor observations have taken place within 200 nautical miles of just three nations: the U.S., Japan, and New Zealand.

The world’s biggest iceberg – more than twice the size of Britain’s capital city - is on the move after decades of being grounded on the seafloor in Antarctica.. The huge mass of ice broke ...

Scientists probing the bottom of the Pacific Ocean made a surprising discovery: animals living underneath the seafloor in an ...

The incredible aftermath of the Chicxulub asteroid impact—one of the most cataclysmic events in Earth’s history—is unfolding ...

The more than half mile long wall, called the Blinkerwall, was likely used by Stone Age hunter-gatherers to herd reindeer toward a shooting blind.

That railing – made famous by James Cameron’s 1997 film – was found sitting on its new perch during several summer dives by underwater robots, according to CBS News.

Giant tubeworms part of thriving ecosystem found under the seafloor in the Pacific. A "community" has been uncovered in the depths of the Pacific Ocean. By Julia Jacobo. October 15, 2024, 11:00 AM.

In an unexpected twist, metal-rich nodules found on the seafloor are generating oxygen, new research suggests. This meager but steady supply of the vital gas may help support seafloor ecosystems ...