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A surprising Arctic discovery shows melting icebergs are quietly building hidden neighborhoods on the ocean floor- 80,000-year-old Antarctic ice reveals radioactive stardust still falling on Earth. Is it dangerous?
- Melting icebergs are dropping rocks onto the Arctic seafloor, and those stones are turning into deep-sea homes for marine life as climate change quietly redraws where life can live
- Ethiopia is slowly tearing toward a new ocean, and geologists have uncovered how the rift is pulling the continent apart from belowNew research reveals a powerful geological process is actively tearing Africa apart from beneath. A rhythmic plume of molten rock beneath E...10 Jun, 2026, 02.55 PM IST
- In 1960, two explorers descended nearly seven miles into the Mariana Trench and entered the deepest known place on EarthIn 1960, Jacques Piccard and Don Walsh made history by descending into the Mariana Trench. Aboard the Trieste submersible, they reached Cha...17 May, 2026, 04.30 PM IST
- Mexico city’s century-old sinking problem is accelerating under modern strainMexico City is sinking at an alarming rate, with some areas dropping nearly half an inch monthly, revealed by NASA's NISAR satellite. This ...08 May, 2026, 12.04 PM IST
- Scientists Stunned to Find Signs of Ancient Life in a Place No One ExpectedScientists found ancient wrinkle-like structures in Moroccan rocks. These formations, 180 million years old, suggest microbes lived in deep...15 Mar, 2026, 02.47 PM IST
- What Lies Beneath the Ocean Floor? 66 Million Years of Climate History ExplainedScientists are unlocking Earth's climate secrets buried deep beneath the ocean. Sediment cores, like ancient books, reveal millions of year...05 Mar, 2026, 06.06 PM IST
- What Did Scientists Find 4,000 Meters Beneath the Pacific Ocean?An international research effort has unveiled nearly 800 new species in the Pacific's Clarion-Clipperton Zone. These deep-sea discoveries, ...04 Mar, 2026, 04.27 PM IST
- Fossil Coral in the Amazon Basin Confirms Ancient Seaway During the MioceneFossil coral and marine remains unearthed deep within the Amazon rainforest reveal that parts of the basin were once submerged by shallow o...01 Mar, 2026, 11.09 PM IST
- When a Blue Whale Falls, an Entire Ecosystem Rises: How One Death Feeds the Deep SeaA dead whale sinking to the ocean floor creates a unique deep-sea ecosystem.: this whale fall provides food for scavengers, then enriches s...19 Feb, 2026, 06.29 PM IST
- Japan plans 'world first' deep-sea mineral extractionJapan will initiate a deep-sea trial in January to extract rare earth minerals from the ocean floor at a depth of 5,500 meters, marking the...03 Jul, 2025, 02.46 PM IST
- The Trump administration wants seafloor mining. What does that mean?Mining methods, like seabed scraping and vacuuming, raise concerns about habitat destruction, sediment plumes, and potential food chain con...26 Apr, 2025, 10.40 AM IST
- Mars responsible for giant whirlpools in Earth's oceans? Know it all hereMars may be responsible for some whirlpools in the Earth’s oceans, probably leading to major climatic responses in the atmosphere, a study ...13 Mar, 2024, 02.28 AM IST
- Warming, deep-sea mining cause stress in midwater animalsA recent study conducted by scientists at the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel has provided insights into the stress respons...21 Nov, 2023, 11.35 PM IST
- Deep ocean targeted for mining is rich in unknown lifeMiners are eyeing an abyssal plain stretching between Hawaii and Mexico, known as the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ), for the rock-like "nod...24 Jul, 2023, 09.19 PM IST
- Deep sea mining permits may be coming soon. What are they and what might happen?The International Seabed Authority - the United Nations body that regulates the world's ocean floor - is preparing to resume negotiations t...03 Jul, 2023, 11.57 AM IST
- Geologists strike seabed ‘treasure’ in Indian watersThree state-of-the-art research vessels — Samudra Ratnakar, Samudra Kaustabh and Samudra Saudikama — carried out the 'High Resolution Seabe...17 Jul, 2017, 09.36 AM IST
- Earliest human impact on environment discoveredNew York, June 6 (IANS) Scientists have discovered wide rates of erosion dating back to 11,500 years ago from the Dead Sea in Israel -- tou...06 Jun, 2017, 06.05 PM IST
- China's unmanned submersibles descend 10,000 metres underwaterFrom December 25-27, three deep-sea landing devices descended into the trench, Cui told state-run Xinhua news agency.29 Dec, 2016, 04.03 PM IST
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