Learn how microscopic fossils reveal that tiny seafloor organisms were already feeding and recycling nutrients soon after one ...

Cypress tree forest on the seafloor off Alabama reveals how extreme storms and rising seas transformed the coastline 75,000 ...

Taken from the International Space Station by an astronaut, this is a view of Lake Van off Turkey, the largest soda lake on Earth. This region is prone to major earthquakes because of movement from ...

Ancient microbial activity preserved in deep seafloor sediments challenges assumptions about where fragile traces of early ...

Scientists have uncovered communities of animals such as tube worms and snails living in volcanic caves beneath the seafloor, revealing a previously unknown but thriving ecosystem. Researchers made ...

Scientists have discovered sudden underwater blackouts that can plunge the seafloor into darkness and threaten marine life.

They’ve been called “bubble chasers,” and “seep seekers,” though they sometimes call themselves “flare hunters.” They’re a ...

An international team's seafloor study revealed one reason why the 2011 Japan earthquake and tsunami were so devastating. The ...

This collection of basalt columns was recorded in a canyon north of Molokai, at a depth of just over a mile, according to Nautilus Live Ocean Exploration Trust. YouTube video screengrab Newly recorded ...

Research Vessel Sally Ride off the coast of Santa Catalina Island. March 2021. Photo credit: Courtes, Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego A second sweeping survey of the seafloor off ...

The hidden way commercial fishing adds to climate change. By Lauren Leffer Published Mar 28, 2025 2:00 PM EDT Image: Johner Images/Getty Images Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs ...