Deep enough to stack more than a dozen Burj Khalifas, one on top of the other.

Earth’s oceans hold some of the least explored places on the planet, shaped over millions of years by tectonic forces that ...

An underwater voyage has revealed a network of creatures thriving at the bottom of deep-sea ocean trenches, researchers said in a newly published paper. The deep-sea trenches, also called Hadal ...

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 ...

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This study is led by Dr. Junwei Cao and Prof. Jiasong Fang et al. from the College of Oceanography and Ecological Science, Shanghai Ocean University. Microbial ectoenzymes play essential roles in the ...

Thousands of meters below the ocean's surface lurk some gigantic creatures, much larger than their shallow-water brethren. Scientists have a few hunches for why this happens, but the debate continues.