Landsat satellites have gone beyond observing Earth’s land by enabling new methods to measure ocean depth in shallow coastal ...

which are like hot springs on the ocean's floor. Before this discovery, which was published on Tuesday in the Nature Communications journal, it was thought that only microbes and viruses could ...

Two people are dead, including a 63-year-old Hollister, Calif., man, and one injured after being swept into the ocean by strong currents this week at Ke Iki Beach in Pupukea on Oahu’s North ...

And that, in turn, means that the organisms in the marine snow may emit more waste and therefore store less carbon on the ocean floor than accounted for by existing models used to study the planet ...

These vast, swirling conveyor belts are key to many of our planet’s processes – take a look at how vital ocean currents are Covering 71 per cent of the planet – and holding 97 per cent of its water – ...

A volcanically active ridge, the extensive rise occurs where two tectonic plates meet on the floor of the Pacific Ocean. Located along the ridge are hydrothermal vents, or openings in the seafloor ...

Scientists studying a remote part of the ocean floor off the coast of Central and South America say they've made an extraordinary discovery 2,500 metres below sea level — a diverse ecosystem of ...

The post warned that plunging waves can slam beachgoers into the ocean floor and that waves can easily knock a person off their feet. A separate system will bring elevated winds to the region ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. In this photo provided by Schmidt Ocean Institute, experiments code-named “Mesh Box Staining Gadgets ...

A deep-sea submersible found worms and snails living in cavities below the sea floor — the first time animals have been discovered in such habitats. The creatures may have been pushed into their ...