Called subsea desalination, the idea is to remove the salt from water in the deep sea. If it worked at scale, the technology ...

While scientists have known that tiny microbes have been prospering in the deepest, darkest parts of the ocean, a new voyage ...

Anoxic marine basins are among the most viable places to conduct large-scale carbon sequestration in the deep ocean, while minimizing negative impacts to marine life.

“As we face accelerated threats to the deep ocean—from climate change to potential mining and resource exploitation—this limited exploration of such a vast region becomes a critical problem ...

Over the course of the 10-year study, Sweetman's team repeatedly saw increased oxygen concentrations show up on their deep sea sensors. They initially thought these readings were erroneous.

Researchers say the polymetallic nodules that mining companies hope to harvest from the deep-ocean seafloor may be a source of oxygen for the animals, plants and bacteria that live there.

An international team of researchers has discovered that metallic minerals on the deep-ocean floor produce oxygen — 13,000 feet below the surface. Discovery challenges long-held ...

Phytoplankton amounts have increased by 10.4 percent along global coast regions, where the ocean floor is less than 200 meters (656 feet) deep. Ocean plant life has greened the most in the ...