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Recent reductions in U.S. oceanographic assets are limiting scientists' ability to access vital materials in the ocean.

New simulations reveal that an ancient ocean of magma located above the Earth's core continues to shape the planet's ...

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Scientists say the three species use methane, with the help of bacteria, to get energy while helping prevent methane from escaping the deep sea.

Pillars of hot rock appear to connect continental-size moving blobs at the bottom of Earth's mantle to giant volcanic eruptions at its surface.