Looking out of the Fendouzhe submersible, more than nine kilometres below the ocean surface, Mengran Du knew she was seeing ...

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With less than a handful of days to provide public comments, concerns are growing over plans for deep sea mining in the Marianas. A protest and community meeting are being organized by local organizat ...

Chinese marine research vessel Haiyang 6 (Ocean 6) has successfully completed the second leg of its 15th deep-sea geological ...

More than 50 residents turned out for a workshop Tuesday to learn how to oppose federal plans formally that could open waters ...

A team from The Nippon Foundation’s Nekton Ocean Census worked with Schmidt Ocean Institute’s ship Falkor to reach far ...

Far below the ocean’s surface, tiny plastic fragments are accumulating in thick, drifting clouds that rival any garbage patch ...

A spherical sea sponge discovered in Antarctica, Carnivorous cladorhizid, is a carnivore, trapping and devouring live animals ...

Explore the fascinating tale of the Kola Superdeep Borehole, a monumental scientific endeavor by the Soviet Union that aimed ...

The Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and American Samoa have no automatic claim to revenues generated from deep seabed mining ...

A leading ocean engineer says long-held public beliefs that the Mariana Trench or Saipan's coral reef would shield the Commonwealth of Northern Marianas (CNMI) from tsunamis are incorrect.