The deep ocean, once a realm of pure scientific curiosity, is now the center of a high-stakes race between conservation and commerce. With NOAA finalizing streamlined regulations in January 2026 and ...

Antarctica is being ravaged by a triple-whammy of climate chaos that has melted sea ice to record lows, a new study has ...

For decades, Antarctica seemed to defy global warming. Since satellites began monitoring the poles in the late 1970s, the ...

There's increasing interest in deep-sea mining, but the impacts that this will have on the animals that live in the depths isn't fully understood. A new review led by our scientists is giving us our ...

The change has been so extreme that vast areas of ice equivalent to the size of Greenland have melted, experts say ...

About 71% of the Earth’s surface is water-covered, and the oceans hold about 96.5% of all Earth’s water. Water also exists in the air as water vapor, in rivers and lakes, in icecaps and glaciers, in ...

Satellite measurements show that in the early 2010s sea level rise suddenly accelerated to a rate of 4.1 millimetres per year ...

Environmental questions plague deep-sea mining ambitions, but US bodies say the sector needs an adaptive management approach.

About 71% of the Earth’s surface is water-covered, and the oceans hold about 96.5% of all Earth’s water. Water also exists in ...

Rare species found around volcanic vents or seamounts on the ocean floor could be put at risk of extinction by deep-sea ...

China's bid to position itself as a global ocean steward is entering a critical test -- not in conference halls or treaty ...

This is where the real world starts to look exactly like a Subnautica save file. To get these minerals, marine engineering ...