The bank transfer you made earlier, the movie you streamed last night and the video you’re viewing right now - all possible because of a vast network of undersea cables that power the global internet.

In a groundbreaking study, a group of Chinese scientists unveiled the survival mechanisms of mysterious life in the Mariana ...

The deep sea, covering approximately 65% of Earth's surface, has long been considered a biological desert. In this extreme ...

Each colored area on this map represents a different country's mining claim in the Clario-Clipperton zone. Map courtesy International Seabed Authority.

Sir John Ross lowers a line more than a mile into the North Atlantic and hauls up worms and a large sea star. Norwegians haul up from the deep a sea lily, a living fossil previously found only in ...

Rules on deep-sea mining in international waters must be driven by "sound science" and built on consensus, the head of the ...

The rapid expansion of China’s ocean exploration offers Beijing valuable military intelligence as it expands its naval reach ...

Deep-sea mining may irreparably harm ocean ecosystems before we even have a chance to fully study its impacts. That's one reason the Center has taken a lead role against deep-sea mining. We're ...