Cold seeps, the sites on the ocean floor where the bubbles of the methane gas rise up, are a home for a varied communities of bacteria, bivalves and other associated life forms. Disclaimer ...

In the depths of the ocean where the Earth’s crust meets the freezing water, chemicals leak into the seawater through cracks and fissures called cold seeps. These floods of hydrocarbon-rich ...

On March 1, Beijing officially announced the construction of a deep-sea habitat in these methane-rich “cold seep” zones, where six researchers will live for month-long stretches to study gas ...

During the mission, the researchers discovered the southern hemisphere’s deepest cold seep ecosystem to date and collected specimens – many of them previously unknown – from depths of more ...

When the temperature drops and cold begins to seep in, you may dread the inevitable spike in your electricity bills. However, ...