Cold seeps release methane, petroleum, carbon dioxide or hydrogen sulfide, while high-temperature seeps – known as hydrothermal vents or hot springs – are associated with underwater volcanoes ...

In a fascinating find beneath the waves of the Barents Sea, researchers have discovered anunderwater mud volcano dating back ...

Researchers discovered methane-eating sea spiders in deep underwater ecosystems off Southern California, highlighting unique adaptations to methane seeps and their ecological significance.

In the Florida deluge, water quickly seeps into the tent structures designed to house as many as 3,000 detainees.

Seafloor dwellers must survive the crushing, near-freezing conditions found deep in the ocean. This sea cucumber (nicknamed the “sea pig”) was seen gently drifting more than 9,000 feet underwater.

Sublue underwater scooters, once sold at Costco, are under recall notice for possible "battery pack overheating and igniting," the manufacturer announced Friday.

The Lasuen Knoll methane seep off the coast of Southern California as photographed in 2021. Credit: Schmidt Ocean Institute “These seeps host an amazing array of microbial processes that we are still ...

But where seeps and vents are found, chemicals and minerals from them interact with underwater bacteria that become microbial food. It’s a process called chemosynthesis and it creates the bottom ...

Trapped water could be a cause for underwater landslides, tidal waves ... Implications for Slope Failure and Cold Seeps," published July 14 in the journal Science.

Researchers will also be using the autonomous underwater vehicles, Orpheus and Eurydice, to map and explore known methane seeps sites along the Aleutian/Alaskan margin.

Goffredi and other researchers were tasked with exploring ecosystems surrounding methane seeps, an underwater area where methane gas emerges from below the ocean floor and bubbles out into the ocean.

The Pythia’s Oasis seep – which has a unique chemistry and behavior – is a messenger from the depths giving scientists unprecedented insights into what’s happening two miles under the ...