Startling findings in 2024 suggested that metallic nodules on the sea floor produce oxygen and might support life. Now ...

A team of scientists announced Tuesday they have developed new deep-sea landers specifically to test their contentious ...

Deep beneath the ocean's surface, in the pitch-black abyss, scientists have uncovered a fascinating phenomenon: "dark oxygen.

The existence of a previously unknown source of oxygen would call into question long-held assumptions about the origins of ...

Deep-sea researchers have launched a groundbreaking project to investigate "dark oxygen"—a form of oxygen produced in total darkness on the ocean floor. The initiative follows last year's discovery of ...

The Trump administration announced this past week that it has entered talks with the Cook Islands to research and develop seabed mineral resources. The Polynesian archipelago is one of only a handful ...