Thousands of never-before-seen microbe species have been found in the deepest point of the world's oceans, the Mariana Trench. These strange microorganisms are like nothing we see on the surface, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Pacific Ocean is home to some of the deepest points on the planet. In fact, four of the top six deepest spots in the world can ...

Marine snow carbon sequestration depends on particle stickiness, not just size or weight, a Scripps Institution of ...

Scientists discovered that stickier marine snow can carry over six times more carbon into the deep ocean, revealing a hidden factor in carbon storage.

When most of us look out at the ocean, we see a mostly flat blue surface stretching to the horizon. It's easy to imagine the sea beneath as calm and largely static—a massive, still abyss far removed ...

Man-made pollutants have been found in a shrimp-like creature, Hirondellea gigas, from the deepest part of the ocean, more than 10,000 metres deep in the Mariana Trench, in the Northwest Pacific Ocean ...

Active "smoker" hydrothermal vent chimneys about 9 meters tall are found deep in the Mariana Arc region in the Western Pacific Ocean. Credit: Pacific Ring of Fire 2004 Expedition. NOAA Office of Ocean ...

Explorers know that the Earth’s oceans are vast, covering about 71% of the surface of the globe. According to a new study, just 0.001% of the deep seafloor has been visually observed. The deep ocean ...

Picocyanobacteria can clump together and sink, carrying surprising amounts of carbon from surface waters into the deep ocean.

National Geographic today unveiled the trailer and premiere date for EXPEDITION: SAVING OUR SEAS, a one-hour special showcasing the National Geographic and Rolex Perpetual Planet Ocean Expeditions — a ...

What do you do when you want to go to the lowest point on the surface of the Earth—a place so deep beneath the ocean it could crush you with its intense pressure? If you’re Swiss scientist Auguste ...