The Pacific Ocean is home to some of the deepest points on the planet. In fact, four of the top six deepest spots in the world can be found in the Pacific. The Pacific’s basin is uniquely low, which ...

Compared to the actual deepest point of the ocean (the Mariana Trench stretches down nearly seven miles), 831 feet may not seem that deep. But when you consider that this intrepid diver was ...

Maddy has a degree in biochemistry from the University of York and specializes in reporting on health, medicine, and genetics. Maddy has a degree in biochemistry from the University of York and ...

Deep-sea nodules are a source of critical metals. Mining for them could harm ecosystems.The National Oceanography Centre and the Trustees of the Natural History Museum, with acknowledgement to the ...

The world's largest ocean basin is also the oldest. A basin is "a depression, or dip, in the Earth's surface," according to National Geographic. The Pacific Ocean is the largest, deepest and oldest ...

Do you know that humans have only explored 5% of the ocean? 95% of the ocean is still unexplored, holding countless mysteries and undiscovered species waiting to be discovered. Among the 7 oceans of ...

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution's creative team turned the world map inside out for an interactive web project.

UC Santa Barbara researchers project that human impacts on oceans will double by 2050, with warming seas and fisheries collapse leading the charge. The tropics and poles face the fastest changes, and ...