In 1960, a time before humans made the giant leap for humankind as Neil Armstrong lay his foot on the moon, two researchers explored the deepest point of Earth– the Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean ...

The political issues driving the conditions of the Earth's oceans are the subjects of 'How Deep Is Your Love' by ...

Given how underexplored the Pacific Ocean is, it is not surprising that new species are being discovered every time a manned or unmanned deep-water submersible is launched to document the species ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The largest ocean basin is the Pacific, followed by the Atlantic, Indian, Southern and the Arctic ...

The open ocean’s twilight zone, a vast deep ecosystem rich in fish biomass, is poorly understood because it is expensive and challenging for humans to reach its depths 200–1000 meters (660–3,280 feet) ...

In a patch of the Pacific’s abyssal plain, scientists a surprising phenomenon called “dark oxygen production.” ...

The Pacific Ocean is by far the world's largest ocean, more than five times wider than our moon. But why is the Pacific so big? The predecessor of the Pacific Ocean was Panthalassa, or the ...