We've gone to the bottom of the ocean to study how its chemistry shapes our planet's climate, even chasing lava-spewing ...

Researchers use lipid biomarkers to uncover how organisms survive in extreme ecosystems. A surprising variety of life exists ...

The discovery, made just off the coast of Vancouver Island in the Pacific Ocean, shows that a section of the oceanic crust is ...

Diverse life forms exist on and within the ocean floor. These primarily consist of microbes, tiny organisms that can cope ...

In the middle of the Pacific Ocean, thousands of miles from any continent, Easter Island rises out of the sea. Its surface tells a story of volcanism that began roughly 2.5 million years ago, but ...

Researchers discovered microbial communities thriving in ultra-alkaline deep-sea mud volcanoes with pH 12, among the highest ...

A bout 300 miles off the coast of Oregon, the “most active” underwater volcano sitting beneath the Pacific Ocean is waking up ...

We've gone to the bottom of the ocean to study how its chemistry shapes our planet's climate, even chasing lava-spewing underwater volcanoes to do it ...

The tiny Juan de Fuca plate is largely responsible for the volcanoes that dot the Pacific Northwest of the United States. The plates make up Earth's outer shell, called the lithosphere. (This includes ...

Scientists have discovered 30 new species in the deep recesses of the Southern Ocean, including iridescent scale worms and a ...

Antarctic icebreaker RSV Nuyina has headed to deeper waters off remote Heard Island in the Southern Ocean while assessments ...