The ocean covers nearly three-quarters of our planet but scientists say we have barely scratched the surface of what lives in ...

In 1917, a civil engineer pioneered the first deep-sea vehicle to attempt filming underwater. A century later, we have James ...

For his latest work, choreographer Wayne McGregor starts in the depths: of the ocean, of space, of darkness. What he finds there ranges from earnest isolation to playful jellyfish. Across 70 ...

Initially, Mortimer was not going to head out with the taxonomists and their extensive robotic operations to explore the depths of our largest ocean. She began instructing the scientists how to ...

The "twilight zone" refers to a slice of the ocean between 200 and 1,000 meters below the surface, where sunlight is nearly absent and photosynthesis does not occur. Also known as the mesopelagic ...

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Sludge carpeted the water's edge. Waves during high tide lapped onto charred homes, pulling debris and potentially toxic ash into the ocean as they receded. “It was just heartbreaking,” said Quinn, ...

Sludge carpeted the water's edge. Waves during high tide lapped onto charred homes, pulling debris and potentially toxic ash into the ocean as they receded. "It was just heartbreaking," said Quinn ...

Scientists have a different idea of the twilight zone. To them, it’s an area of the open ocean where most fish live – depths of 650 to 3,200 feet. Little is known about this part of the ocean ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Organisms at 7.5 km depth in the Japan Trench shape their environment through bioturbation, affecting nutrient cycling and ecosystem functioning. Sediment cores ...

The third United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC3), to be held in Nice, France, in June, could help to redefine global ocean governance. But the conference’s political statement — the UNOC3 ...