The Titanic lies about 12,500 feet under the ocean. The pressure down there is so immense that even submersibles supposedly built for those conditions can, as we know, tragically fail. Now imagine ...

Researchers have detected hints of life where they did not believe it could exist. Findings regarding this discovery have been published in the journal Communications Earth & Environment. The place ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. The Titanic lies about 12,500 feet under the ocean surface. The pressure down there ...

Marine researchers exploring extreme depths say they have discovered an astonishing deep-sea ecosystem of chemosynthetic life that’s fueled by gases escaping from fractures in the ocean bed. The ...

People have long wondered what life was first like on Earth, and if there is life in our solar system beyond our planet. Scientists have reason to believe that some of the moons in our solar system – ...

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I can think of a shelf-full of books about forests, and nearly as many about the ocean or deserts. And consider how much ink has been spilled over expeditions to far-flung ecosystems, from the Amazon ...