The new deep-sea atlas underscores Beijing’s interest in ocean mining, its military ambitions and its claims to disputed ...

This mission builds on a successful hybrid crewed/uncrewed survey completed last year by Woolpert and Chance Maritime.

But it isn’t doing it alone; for a month starting this week, it will deploy two oblong neon submersibles as the project’s ...

A new decades-long study of oceanographic conditions provides new evidence that deep-ocean heat has moved closer to ...

Scientists have uncovered why big predators like sharks spend so much time in the ocean’s twilight zone. The answer lies with mid-sized fish such as the bigscale pomfret, which live deep during the ...

Why it matters: The seafloor influences ocean currents, climate regulation, and marine biodiversity, making accurate maps crucial for science and conservation. What’s changing: Projects like Seabed ...