Deep-sea explorers recently discovered a methane-based ecosystem nearly one mile beneath the waves of the Atlantic Ocean. Few of these methane-munching ecosystems have been found along the U.S. Atlantic coast. Continue reading →

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Filmmaker and National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence James Cameron is a man of his word; weeks ago he announced that he was going to attempt to make an unprecedented solo oceanic dive -- almost 7 miles deep down Mariana's Trench -- and last weekend he accomplished this feat, after seven years of...

An epoch of ancient time known as the early Pliocene 3-5 million years ago holds special fascination for climate scientists, because levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere were about as high as they are in modern climate. What puzzles researchers is why, even though conditions such as sunlight,...