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: Posted On July 13, 2020

We Must Consider Midwater Ecosystems When Evaluating Risks of Deep-Sea Mining, Say Scientists

A new study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, led by University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa researchers, argues that deep-sea...

: Posted On June 30, 2020

Study Reveals How Volcanoes Explode in the Deep Sea

Explosive volcanic eruptions are possible deep down in the sea – although the water masses exert enormous pressure there. An international team...

: Posted On June 29, 2020

Soft Coral Garden Discovered in Greenland's Deep Sea

A deep-sea soft coral garden habitat has been discovered in Greenlandic waters by scientists from University College London (UCL), Zoological...

: Posted On June 29, 2020

First Completely Remote At-Sea Science Expedition in Australia's Coral Sea Marine Park

Discovers new corals and possible species never before seen

: Posted On June 25, 2020

Four New Species of Giant Single-Celled Organisms Discovered on Pacific Seafloor

Two new genera and four new species of giant, single-celled xenophyophores (protozoans belonging to a group called the foraminifera) were discovered...

: Posted On June 23, 2020

Scientists Study Fast-Moving Waterfalls in the Deep Sea

New research led by the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) has discovered how fast-moving waterfalls under the sea control the shape and...

: Posted On June 16, 2020

Plastic in the Deep Sea: Virtually Unaltered After a Quarter of a Century

First long-term study on plastic degradation in a water depth of more than 4000 meter

: Posted On June 16, 2020

Surprising Growth Rates Discovered in World's Deepest Photosynthetic Corals

New research published in the journal Coral Reefs revealed unexpectedly high growth rates for deep water photosynthetic corals.

: Posted On June 10, 2020

Can Deep Water Masses in the Mediterranean Cross the Sicily Strait?

The Sicily Strait, an underwater relief connecting the Italian island with the Tunisian coasts, is not a geological barrier for the deep-water...

: Posted On May 26, 2020

Study Reveals There is No Escaping from Climate Change, Even in the Deep Sea

Even though the deeper layers of the ocean are warming at a slower pace than the surface, animals living in the deep ocean are more exposed to...

: Posted On May 4, 2020

Window to Another World: Life Is Bubbling Up to Seafloor with Petroleum from Deep Below

The COVID-19 pandemic is a stark reminder that we move through a world shaped by unseen life. Bacteria, viruses, and other microscopic organisms...

: Posted On April 21, 2020

New Ethane-Munching Microbes Discovered at Hot Vents

Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology and the MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, Bremen have discovered a...

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