The vehicle’s mission yielded key findings on glacial melt and deep currents before it disappeared under mysterious ...

GUANGZHOU -- A Chinese shipbuilding firm on Thursday delivered the country's first comprehensive scientific research ship designed for global deep-sea exploration, including summer operations in ...

The Mirs have also been used to explore hydrothermal vents and observe the wreck of the Russian nuclear submarine ... depths needed for scientific research in the deep sea. Jennifer Uscher is ...

The ocean’s depths have become the new front line in the geopolitical rivalry between China and the rest of the world.

Such technology could help dramatically improve the survivability of submarines ... deep water deployment or high-altitude target detecting is still impossible. Before development, the Chinese Academy ...

Deep below the surface, in waters off Australia's east coast, lies a network of what scientists are now calling "sea floor super highways". The scientific name is submarine canyons, which are ...

Submarine fans are the largest accumulations of genetically related detritus in the world. They receive terrigenous sediment from hinterland-to-deep sea sediment-routing systems, which include ...