Scattered across an abyssal plain known as the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ) are polymetallic nodules that are a potato-sized ...

Beneath the surface of the Southern Ocean, vast volumes of cold, dense water plunge off the Antarctic continental shelf, ...

A discovery has been made deep beneath the ocean, where scientists have uncovered an unusual form of oxygen, referred to as ...

Scientists are rethinking what we knew about a vanished ice sheet — and that could spell trouble for New York City.

In the Indian Ocean, there is a place where the laws of gravity seem to falter—a gigantic depression in the Earth’s geoid ...

An overlooked Antarctic water system could raise sea levels by more than 2 meters by 2300, computer simulations show.

New research reveals that post-ice age sea levels rose over a meter per century during key periods and totaled about 38 ...

A study analyzing these modules reveals that these rocky lumps are capable of producing “dark oxygen” 4,000 meters below sea level where light cannot reach. While this discovery could upend ...