Practically all of the ocean floor remains a mystery to humans, but robotic floats may soon change that shortcoming. In a ...

Research reveals ocean dead zones are dynamic systems, with shifting chemistry that affects nitrogen cycles, carbon storage, ...

A team led by the University of Miami Rosenstiel School has documented a measurable decline in nitrite levels inside one of ...

Scientists have found a new way to detect subtle chemical signatures in seawater, revealing previously invisible details ...

Climate change is extending far beyond the threat of melting polar ice caps -- it's putting a dangerous stranglehold on life in oceans, too. A new study published in the science journal Nature ...

Rising deep-ocean oxygen levels likely opened up new marine habitats and spurred speciation among early vertebrates, according to a new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It had been believed that oxygen could not be produced without sunlight - AYDIN MUTLU/ISTOCKPHOTO Dark oxygen is being created on ...

A new study published in the journal Nature Geoscience found evidence of oxygen production near polymetallic nodules located deep in the ocean. Called dark oxygen, this oxygen is being produced ...

An international team of researchers has discovered that metallic minerals on the deep-ocean floor produce oxygen -- 13,000 feet below the surface. Discovery challenges long-held assumptions that only ...