In a discovery that may further our understanding of the early evolution of life on Earth, a research team, including associate professor Andrew Palmer and master's student Caitlyn Hubric ...
Nov. 8, 2024 — New research reveals for the first time how a major Antarctic ice shelf has been subjected to increased melting by warming ocean waters over the last four decades. Scientists say ...
The recent project has deep sea researchers using a 7,055-pound robotic explorer named ROV SuBastian to roam and document the ocean floor off the coast of Chile, where deep marine vents emit ...
Hydrothermal vents are cracks in the ocean floor that release hot, mineral-rich water into the deep sea. They form when seawater seeps into Earth’s crust in areas where tectonic plates are eithe ...
The team did their investigation about 8,250 feet (2,515 meters) beneath the sea on a stretch of ocean floor they nicknamed the Fava Flow Suburbs in the eastern Pacific Ocean. “Our discovery ...
That's according to a study published today in Nature Communications which reports, for the first time, animals living in cavities below the sea floor in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Central ...
Tubeworm larvae, sea snails, and marine worms were uncovered living in tiny caves underneath the ocean floor, revealing life is interconnected below and above it. An eelpout swims by a tower of ...
Scientists probing the bottom of the Pacific Ocean made a surprising ... Institute for Sea Research said. A whole new world: Surprising ecosystem thriving under sea floor The study authors found ...
Courtesy of Town of Nantucket Harbormaster GE Vernova, headquartered in Cambridge, told the Nantucket Select Board Chair that they dispatched two vessels to retrieve debris from the ocean floor on ...