The Trump administration is expanding its deep-sea mining ambitions to the region around the Mariana Trench in the western ...

Submarine canyons form in places where the seafloor is steepest, redefining how sediments and carbon travel to the depths of ...

A vast ocean chock-full of microbes may have once covered more than a third of Mars's surface, according to a new analysis of ...

Talc reveals a phase of superhydration in cold subduction, demonstrating that the ocean sends more water to the depths of the Earth.

Earth scientists have discovered how continents are slowly peeled from beneath, fueling volcanic activity in an unexpected ...

Ancient Temperature Triggers Reveal How It All Began It demonstrates that the onset of reef growth on the outer shelf was ...

Every family holds onto special dates. For Ban Zhang, moving to Canada meant learning about its history — and reconciling the ...

All complex life on Earth may be the result of plate tectonics tearing apart the ancient supercontinent Nuna 1.5 billion ...

The Ladysmith Cenotaph, at one time, was located in front of the post office, before the highway went through. Notice the ...

Fish species living in the deep sea feature a surprisingly large range of body shapes that evolved in different ways and at ...

An analysis of mining plumes in the Pacific Ocean reveals they kick up particles sized similarly to the more nutritious tidbits that plankton eat.