The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is yet to formally announce whether it will begin the process of reviewing a controversial application to begin extracting seabed metals. But if, ...

A new autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) imaged a previously unexplored portion of the seafloor in ultra-deep waters near ...

Pacific sleeper sharks were spotted in the South China Sea - 1,800 miles from home - offering new clues about deep-ocean ...

On June 25, the United States Department of the Interior (DOI), a department within the federal government that manages the ...

Archaeological evidence shows that 30,000 years ago, Palaeolithic people travelled from the island now known as Taiwan to the ...

Two commercial vessels targeted in 24 hours raise fears of an escalated campaign against Israel-linked shipping.

The ocean around Antarctica is rapidly getting saltier at the same time as sea ice is retreating at a record pace. Since 2015 ...

The dramatic loss of sea ice around Antarctica has occurred with the re-emergence of the Maud Rise polynya in the Weddell Sea ...

Antarctic sea ice extent has fallen dramatically in recent years – the effects include accelerated ocean warming, faster loss ...

Water temperatures have surged above 85 degrees in the Mediterranean Sea, where records have been broken every day for weeks.

Wading through water up to his knees, Hassan Kargbo points to the vast ocean before him, which is eroding the land and ...