Humanity is rapidly altering a vast ecosystem that sustains life on land and sea. But restoration is nearly impossible without understanding it better.

It’s impossible to ignore a new discovery known affectionately as the death ball. And there’s a good reason to pay attention ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bricks appearing on the seafloor An expedition to a deep-sea ridge, just north of the Hawaiian Islands, revealed a surprise back ...

Chinese researchers have uncovered a vibrant ecosystem10 kilometers beneath the Pacific Ocean, shattering long-held assumptions about life in extreme depths. What they found was far from the barren, ...

The most important thing is understanding their scope. Scientists make surprising discovery hidden on ocean floor: 'The first time we've had a unified picture' first appeared on The Cool Down.

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