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The deep seafloor is filled with entire branches of life yet to be discovered
By Patrick Pester published
The ocean floor is filled with undiscovered evolutionary lineages that help to regulate Earth's climate, a new global study of DNA in deep-ocean sediments finds.
11 strange things that washed ashore in 2021
By Live Science Staff published
A rundown of some of the strangest things the sea carried to the shores this year.
28,000 tons of COVID-19 waste now swirling around in our oceans
By Nicoletta Lanese published
The pandemic intensified "pressure on this already out-of-control problem."
Spectacular valleys and cliffs hidden beneath the North Sea
By Stephanie Pappas published
Project to map entire ocean floor by 2030 passes 20% mark
By Brandon Specktor published
An ongoing project to map 100% of the global ocean floor by 2030 just passed the 20% mark.
Hunks of oceanic crust are wedged inside Earth's mantle
By Sarah Derouin published
Earth's middle layer is chunky, like peanuts in a sea of caramel.
Sunken cities: Discover real-life 'Atlantis' settlements hidden beneath the waves
By Nikole Robinson, How It Works magazine published
Explore the submerged cities to discover why they didn’t survive the test of time.
Scientists just dug the deepest ocean hole in history
By Brandon Specktor published
Researchers just sunk a drill 5 miles below the Pacific Ocean's surface to dig the deepest hole below the ocean in history.
Iconic 'Darwin's Arch' in the Galapagos has crashed into the sea
By Laura Geggel published
Erosion has caused the top of Darwin's Arch to crumble away.
Scientists find deep-sea bacteria that are invisible to the human immune system
By Ben Turner published
The researchers say the discovery will give them new insights into how the immune system works, as well as enabling them to revise some of the most basic assumptions of immunology.
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