The rock called Maka Lahi is important in the mythology of the people of Tonga, and scientists have worked out part of its ...

Microplastics are not just an environmental issue –they are a planetary emergency, according to Bengt Rittri, Swedish ...

Scientists exploring the ocean’s deepest trenches have uncovered a secret world teeming with bizarre and otherworldly ...

A recent exploration of the deepest point in the Mediterranean Sea has uncovered something totally unexpected.

Explorers know that the Earth’s oceans are vast, covering about 71% of the surface of the globe. According to a new study, ...

During the height of the national election in late March, some China-bashers in the country hyped up the "threat" of a ...

The Ocean Exploration Trust's (OET) research vessel Nautilus has departed on its first expedition of 2025 to study underwater ...

A new species has been discovered in the Atacama Trench, one of the deepest and least explored areas of the ocean. A ...

Marine tardigrades can withstand pressures six times greater than those in the deepest ocean trenches, survive temperatures from near absolute zero (-458°F) to well above boiling (300°F), endure ...

including the deepest parts of the ocean. They found that microplastics have been recorded virtually everywhere people have looked for them. That includes the Mariana trench, where more than ...

In the open ocean, the study confirms massive microplastic accumulation ... In the Arctic, concentrations exceeded 2,500 particles per cubic meter, and in the Pacific’s Mariana Trench, at depths of up ...