A team drilled offshore Nantucket and recovered cores with water near drinking quality. Studies will trace nitrogen cycling ...

Undersea freshwater isn’t unique to New England. Coastal aquifer systems have been inferred or sampled near South Africa, ...

Understanding why ocean water is salty but river water isn’t is a fascinating topic, and one that has intrigued scientists for centuries. The answer lies in a combination of geological and natural ...

While exploring the ocean in a deep-sea submersible, scientists say they discovered a flourishing ecosystem capable of ...

In the 1960s, the U.S. Navy was exploring the other "final frontier" — the sea. A series of underwater habitats called "Sealabs" were constructed for scientific exploration on the ocean floor. JOHN F ...

When you think of shipwrecks you may think of an older time when the ocean was the only way to cross the Atlantic and radar had yet to be invented. Indeed, scientists have estimated there are over 3 ...

Along certain parts of the ocean floor lies a bounty of rare minerals and metals, critical components for batteries, electric cars and other electronics. But mining for them in the deep sea is a ...