Traces of organisms detected in sediments from 7.5 kilometers below the ocean surface reveal how organisms living in the deep sea are engineering their own environments. Analyses of sediment cores ...

Organisms in the deep sea rely on gravity flows to lay down sediment and then make burrows beneath the seafloor, according to a new study.

Militaries and startups use artificial intelligence to sift through vast amounts of data and power autonomous underwater ...

RV Sonne is giving scientists new insight into the ocean floor, scouting underwater volcanos and coral reefs around the motū.

Among the myriad creatures that populate our ocean, some stand out as having an outsized impact on the marine environment—shaping and maintaining habitats that themselves sustain countless other forms ...

Deep sea mining. Human colonies on the ocean floor. These were the dreams of Capt ... The documentary's pioneer underwater cinematography was captivating. But Bond's vision was more significant than ...

China has been making significant advancements in various fields, whether competing with the U.S. in space or achieving ...

Marine biologists will drop 120 tonnes of rubble onto the sea floor off the coast of south-west Victoria to grow new sponge ...

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One UK-based company is working on creating underwater habitats for long-term human sea exploration. "We took a step back and recognised that the ocean, and particularly beneath the surface of the ...

CHINA has unveiled plans for a deep-sea mega-lab that will be hidden 6,500ft down in the bitterly contested South China Sea. The underwater base will study “cold seep” ecosystems ...