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Researchers found that eroded lava rubble beneath the South Atlantic can trap enormous amounts of CO2 for tens of millions of ...

Oceanographers explored an area around the Pacific Ocean’s Nazca Ridge and found a massive underwater mountain. Using a sonar system, the researchers digitally mapped the seafloor of the area and ...

The ocean covers most of our planet, yet so much of it is still a mystery. Beneath the surface is a massive, dark world where ...

Researchers have uncovered a massive underwater mountain that was previously unknown in the Pacific Ocean. The mountain, known as a seamount, sits around 13,100 feet below sea level and peaks at a ...

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The Mid-Ocean Ridge is the longest mountain range in the world at 65,000 km. Learn how this massive underwater volcanic ...

Stanford researchers have uncovered evidence that deep underwater earthquakes can spur the growth of massive phytoplankton blooms at the ocean ...

The latest triumph in ocean technology comes from a small, rugged machine that slipped beneath Antarctic ice into a part of ...

In the 1960s, the Navy built a series of underwater habitats and trained a group of men to live in them. When our story left off, the Navy had successfully operated a Sealab 205 feet below sea level.

During his lifetime, David Packard was a Silicon Valley pioneer, starting one of the nation’s leading tech companies, Hewlett Packard, in his Palo Alto garage with his friend Bill Hewlett and $538, ...

A research expedition in the Southern Ocean has mapped a string of seamounts that help to shape the Antarctic Circumpolar Current — an ocean current that flows clockwise around Antarctica. When you ...