Crewed submersible has been key to Chinese ambitions to lead oceanic research and exploration in areas like deep-sea mining ...

BEIJING -- China's manned deep-sea submersible Jiaolong and research vessel Dayang Yihao (Ocean No 1) are set to complete major upgrades in preparation for deep-sea exploration missions this year ...

According to the South China Morning Post, the 2,000-meter-deep station will allow scientists to study methane-rich cold seep ...

I recently participated in a three-week-long, National Science Foundation-funded research cruise to the Mariana Trench. Our ...

CHINA has unveiled plans for a deep-sea mega-lab that will be hidden 6,500ft down in the bitterly contested South China Sea. The underwater base will study “cold seep” ecosystems ...

Chinese scientists have deployed prototype detectors in the South China Sea to explore building a large underwater ...

Despite making up more than 70% of the Earth's surface, seas and oceans are largely unknown to science. It is estimated that we do not know even half of what happens in the aquatic ...

Researchers developed an artificial gill for ocean gliders, using hydrogen fuel to improve sustainability and extend mission ...