Ocean Floor
Up to 11 million tonnes of plastic pollution is sitting on the ocean floor
Ocean floor a 'reservoir' for plastic pollution, world-first study finds.
Ancient seafloor vents supplied life-giving minerals into Earth’s early oceans
Study highlights the importance of hydrothermal vents in supplying minerals.
Scientists decoded millions of mysterious pits in the ocean
For the first time how vertebrates shape the North Sea seafloor.
A new video shows a ‘ghostly’ dumbo octopus getting into the mood
“Ghostly” Dumbo Octopus in the deep sea.
An extinct apex predator was likely much weaker than once assumed
Apex predator of the Cambrian likely sought soft over crunchy prey.
The tidal pull of the Moon caused the slow and steady lengthening of Earth’s day
Astrophysicists reveal why Earth’s day was a constant 19.5 hours for over a billion years.
Study unveils why Southern hemisphere is stormier than the Northern
A first concrete explanation for difference, and show it is getting even stormier over time.
New basalt type discovered beneath the Pacific ocean
The discovery suggests that ocean floor eruptions sourced in the Earth’s mantle were even hotter and more voluminous than previously thought.
Earth recycles ocean floor into salty diamonds
The most wonderful quality about diamonds is that they are one of the only types of physical matter on this earth that do not...
Using robots and AI to understand deep sea
Benthic ecosystems are chronically undersampled, particularly in environments >50 m depth. Yet a rising level of anthropogenic threats makes data collection ever more urgent....
Study reproduces origins of life on ocean floor
Since years, scientists believe that life originated in the oceans, as the primary divisions and the events of evolution took place there. Now, NASA...