Which ocean has the maximum number of islands in the world? Explore why the Pacific Ocean holds this record, along with its ...

If you traveled to the deepest points of Earth, what would you find? Lost cities, mythical sea monsters, rivers of gold?

Researchers used satellite data to calculate and simulate the sea level in a canyon, getting a glimpse of a huge ocean.

For years, the public face of ocean pollution has been the same: floating bottles, drifting bags, and beaches littered with ...

The Atacama Trench, stretching over 3,700 miles in length and reaching depths of more than 26,000 feet, is a place of extremes. Here, the Nazca and South American tectonic plates collide in slow ...

The founder of a company interested in harvesting rare minerals from the seafloor near the Marianas says he wants "high quality engagement" with communities in the region, and that new ...

PHIVOLCS records 760+ tremors off Sultan Kudarat. Dr. Teresito Bacolcol explains the role of the Cotabato Trench.

For most of modern history, the open ocean has been treated as a place apart. Beyond the 200-nautical-mile limits of national ...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration finalized new regulations Wednesday that consolidate deep-sea mining ...

Researchers have discovered that chemical reactions in underwater hydrothermal vents could have produced the necessary ...

Microplastics are turning up everywhere, from remote mountain tops to deep ocean trenches. They also are in many animals, ...

Geologists from Heriot-Watt are part of an international research team that has confirmed why the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake off ...