Research led by the Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO-CSIC), with the participation of the Universitat Autònoma de ...

New Orleans was already vulnerable to flooding and storm surges. Scientists issue dire warning as iconic American city sinks ...

Deep-sea mining could unleash clouds of debris that threaten a mysterious, vital ecosystem we barely understand.

When bottom trawls are dragged across the seafloor, they stir up sediments. This not only releases previously stored organic ...

A study led by the Spanish Oceanography Institute, with the involvement of the UAB, reconstructs the recent history of marine ...

The results also underscore the ecological importance of species like the Atlantic cod, Atlantic hagfish, and European eel, ...

Kane was struck by the high concentrations of microplastics found in the sediment, especially because Whittard Canyon is so ...

Researchers caught a close-up video of a flying sea pig (aka, a sea cucumber), and it has what looks like 50 tiny hands.

The order seeks swift permits for mining nickel, cobalt and other minerals from the sea floor. Critics say it threatens both ocean life and global agreements.

The new study provides the first quantitative evidence of this effect in the western Baltic Sea. “Fine-grained, muddy sediments are important reservoirs of organic carbon and pyrite,” says ...