An international team looks back 12 million years for clues about the formation of these vast areas where no life can survive A satellite image of the Northern Gulf of Mexico, where 'dead zones' can ...

Ocean depth is divided into zones: littoral, bathyal, abyssal and hadal. The deepest part of the ocean, the hadal zone, is anywhere deeper than six kilometres. What is the average depth of the ocean?

A breakthrough discovery of oxygen production in darkness could redefine life's origins on Earth and open new frontiers in space exploration.

India's Deep Ocean Mission received a significant boost with a Rs 600 crore allocation for the Samudrayaan project. This ...

Having set off on such a deep dive, the Titan may well currently be in an area of the ocean known as the ‘midnight’ zone. At this sea depth, which is also known as the bathypelagic zone ...

Rising mountain peaks and sharp rock formations cover the ocean floor, with corals, sponges, fish, and tons of sea creatures ...