Life on the sea floor
Story - March 18, 2013
Marine biologists have, for the first time, found a whale skeleton on the ocean floor near Antarctica, giving new insights into life in the sea depths. The discovery was made almost a mile below the surface in an undersea crater and includes the...
Story - February 6, 2013
The location of an underwater volcanic vent, marked by a low-lying plume of shimmering water, has been revealed by scientists at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton.
Writing in the journal PLOS ONE the researchers describe how the vent,...
Page - July 4, 2011
The oceans of the world are a vast, alien landscape, covering more than half the Earth's surface. It is the last great frontier on our planet and the SERPENT project is exploring this exciting undersea environment in a unique and...
Page - July 4, 2011
Life at the bottom of the sea is generally termed the benthos. The word benthos comes from the Greek word for ‘depths of the sea’ (βένθος). About 71% of the planet is covered by ocean and the benthos is highly diverse in both habitat...
