Microplastics are so pervasive they have even been discovered in the deepest known part of the ocean: the Mariana Trench. While it has been long understood that microplastics exist on the surface of ...

In the western Pacific, the Mariana Trench isn’t the most popular travel spot. It’s frigid and bone-crushingly deep, not ...

OPINION: The lack of proven commercially viable ores, the immaturity of crust mining technology and the potential to harm marine life make this a foolhardy endeavor, Andrew D. Thaler writes.

The appeal has been signed by 3000 people from US territories.Mark Rabago, RNZ Pacific Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas correspondent More than 3,000 people from U.S.

The world's oceans are big and dark and deep. They cover approximately 70% of the planet’s surface and contain a huge portion of Earth’s biodiversity. If you want to find some of the weirdest ...

Bizarre noises detected around the deepest ocean trench on Earth have finally been identified. These strange "biotwang" sounds—first detected in 2014 during an acoustic survey of the Mariana ...

This immense pressure, along with ultra-low temperatures and mysterious conditions of the deep sea, make exploring these ...

Mysterious sounds from the ocean depths have been one of the most baffling enigmas in recent years. Now we know where they come from. These strange sounds were first discovered during a submarine ...