Kane was struck by the high concentrations of microplastics found in the sediment, especially because Whittard Canyon is so ...

In 1982, geologist Martin Hovland sat aboard a research ship owned by the Norwegian oil company Statoil (now Equinor) in the ...

The Schmidt Ocean Institute's ROV SuBastian — a robot fitted with a slew of scientific instruments and capable of descending ...

She adds that not enough research has been done on how deep-sea mining might impact the ocean’s role in absorbing a quarter of all current carbon dioxide emissions. In light of the unknown ...

A baby colossal squid was filmed in the deep sea by an ocean expedition near Antarctica. The world's largest squid has eluded ...

ROVs like SuBastian are best positioned to observe such deep sea squids, whose extreme habitats make it difficult for humans to explore otherwise. The sighting was part of an Ocean Census flagship ...

Deep in the ocean, where sunlight never reaches, live some of Earth’s strangest giants. Imagine a squid as long as a bus or a crab the size of a big plate! This is called deep-sea gigantism ...

Despite growing interest in deep-sea mining, much of the deep ocean, particularly the midwater zone, remains poorly understood. A 2023 study in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone found that 88 per cent ...

Brussels / Kiel. Led by Professor Dr Sylvia Sander of the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, a group of internationally renowned marine scientists has published a Future Science Brief on ...

Scientists say they've captured the first footage of a living colossal squid in the deep sea. The colossal squid ... It's so elusive, living in the deep ocean near Antarctica, that scientists ...