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Dark oxygen: How the discovery of new oxygen deep underwater has reignited the search for alien life
Scientists have discovered 'dark oxygen' that is produced deep underwater, potentially reshaping ou…
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The Titanic is overrated, deep-sea explorers say. The wealthy keep venturing to it anyway.
The Titanic is an iconic wreckage site that continues to draw in wealthy tourists. But deep-sea ex…
Lloyd Lee
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Oceans without sharks would be far less healthy, finds new research
In a newly published study by Florida International University, Florida, scientists surveyed decade…
PTI
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OceanGate co-founder thinks about the Titan implosion daily but still wants to make deep-sea exploration accessible
Guillermo Söhnlein, the OceanGate co-founder who left the company in 2013, told BI that the fatal T…
Lloyd Lee
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Scientists discovered a field of deep-sea hot springs after following a trail of crabs like breadcrumbs on the ocean floor
Scientists near the Galápagos Islands followed the crabs, or squat lobsters, until they found the d…
Kelsey Vlamis
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A pristine region of the Pacific Ocean targeted for deep-sea mining contains 5,000 new marine species, say scientists
The new species were found in a mineral-rich region of the Pacific Ocean floor between Hawaii and M…
Bethany Dawson
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A deep-sea explorer who once teamed up with OceanGate says a 2010 California dive turned into a fiasco that left the sub damaged
An OceanGate expedition was cut short when one of the batteries on the sub was accidentally flooded…
Rebecca Cohen,Matthew Loh,Kel…
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Photos show never-before-seen sea creatures living in an underwater mountain that dwarfs the Himalayas
Exploring previously unmapped underwater seamounts, the Schmidt Ocean Institute expedition may have…
Jenny McGrath
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OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush planned to use his Titan submersible to cash in on deep-sea mining the 'biggest gold rush in history' that could cause environmental destruction
Scientists say deep-sea mining could harm marine life. In 2017, Stockton Rush said he thought the T…
Kelsey Vlamis
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Earth's deep blue oceans are fading and changing color — and scientists aren't sure why
More than 56% of Earth's oceans have changed color. It's not clear exactly what's driving this, tho…
Marianne Guenot
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A design proposal calls for building the world's largest underwater habitat — a deep-sea version of the International Space Station
Fabien Costeau — grandson of oceanographer Jacques Cousteau — helped design a proposed habitat name…
Aylin Woodward
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A thriving colony of 300-year-old Arctic sea sponges survives by eating the fossils of extinct worms
Scientists are discovering alien-like worlds in the uncharted oceans of the Arctic and Antarctica. …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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'Sea snot' is clogging up Turkey's coasts, suffocating marine life, and devastating fisheries
Fishing nets are bursting under the weight of a sea-snot blanket that extends about 100 feet below …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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What happens to fish and other sea creatures underwater during a hurricane
Hurricanes also kick up dirt and sand in shallow seas. Which can kill fish by clogging their gills.…
David Anderson
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Scientists found this stunning 'secret garden' of corals thousands of feet below the sea
Like their shallow-water counterparts, the corals host rich ecosystems teeming with life. On a diff…
Jeremy Berke
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14 incredible creatures scientists have just found in the deep ocean - including many never seen before
"These areas represent some of the last relatively pristine marine ecosystems on the planet," said …