In decades of deep-sea exploration, humans have observed less than 0.001% of the deep ocean floor - an area about the size of ...

Damage to sensitive sea floor ecosystems sparks calls for tighter regulation of the tourist ship industry in the Antarctic ...

Mud is messy. For some, it's a plaything. To many, it can mean real hardship. Mud, though, is often overlooked, particularly ...

Seamounts support marine life but face damage from bottom trawling, releasing massive underwater carbon stores.

The minerals that are being targeted form a critical part of the sea floor, and the sea floor is what life attaches to in the ...

A groundbreaking underwater desalination technology promises to address the global water scarcity affecting half of the world ...

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