NOAA-led ocean mapping expedition in Cook Islands hailed as a resounding success. Exploration Vessel Nautilus, operated by the Ocean Exploration Trust, successfully completed a ground-breaking three-week mission to map and explore […]
DNA from the deep reveals a hidden ocean ‘superhighway’. A world-first study led by Museums Victoria Research Institute has revealed that beneath the cold, dark, pressurised world of the deep […]
Final dust settles slowly in the deep sea. ‘Dust clouds’ at the bottom of the deep sea, that will be created by deep-sea mining activities, descend at a short distance […]
Unexpected biodiversity on the ocean floor. Hydrothermal vents and manganese nodule fields in the deep oceans contain more biodiversity than expected. That is shown by the thesis that NIOZ-marine biologist […]
Microbes don’t descend with plastic particles into the deep-sea. Research has shown that microbes on floating plastic particles can be transported over long horizontal distances. New research carried out by […]