The Indian Ocean Geoid Low ranks as the largest negative "gravity hole" anomaly on Earth, which is why the “thumbprint” jumps ...

Although bubbles on the ocean floor usually indicate hydrothermal vents teeming with life, this spring stands apart.

The floor of the ocean off the coast of the Pacific Northwest has sprung a leak called Pythia's Oasis. Here's what that means ...

Marine researchers exploring extreme depths say they have discovered an astonishing deep-sea ecosystem of chemosynthetic life that’s fueled by gases escaping from fractures in the ocean bed. The ...

For centuries, sailors spoke of two maritime nightmares — gaping holes that swallow water, and walls of waves rising from nowhere. These were tales of terror, not science, and naturalists regarded ...

An underwater voyage has revealed a network of creatures thriving at the bottom of deep-sea ocean trenches. In these extreme environments, the crushing pressure, scant food and lack of sunlight can ...

New research suggests that the negative effects of the ozone hole on the carbon uptake of the Southern Ocean are reversible, but only if greenhouse gas emissions rapidly decrease. The study finds that ...