Petroleum sheens on the ocean off a stretch of Southern California coast are consistent with oil from local natural seeps, but old abandoned oil wells could be a factor, authorities said Saturday. The ...

A research cruise has discovered 40 previously unknown gas seeps on the seafloor off the U.S. East Coast. The plumes of gas are almost certainly methane, also known as natural gas, according to ...

Natural gas in underground rock layers can seep to the surface—sometimes in quantities abundant enough to produce “eternal flames.” Researchers say much remains to be learned about these conditions ...

A team from the US based Schmidt Ocean Institute and its research vessel MV Falkor together with scientists from Argentina will undertake the first and most comprehensive visually guided study of ...

If you’ve been following the news lately then you’ve likely heard about the large-scale methane leak currently plaguing the city of Los Angeles. The months-long environmental disaster stemmed from an ...

A technology commonly used to map the bottom of the deep ocean can also detect gas seeps in the water column with remarkably high fidelity, according to scientists. This finding, made onboard the NOAA ...

NEW YORK, Jan. 25 (UPI) --Scientists from Columbia University's Earth Institute have discovered a new biological phenomenon in the Gulf of Mexico. Phytoplankton communities are thriving above natural ...

The Okeanos Explorer was a U.S. Navy ship before becoming NOAA's only large vessel dedicated to exploring oceans and making discoveries. (Ellis Berry/KUCB) The Okeanos Explorer docked in Unalaska last ...

Expedition hopes to better understand how far the chemicals from seeps spread underwater, and which organisms can utilize them as a food source Scripps biological oceanographer and mission leader Lisa ...

Beneath cold, high-pressure oceans, water and gas molecules clump together into crystalline solids called gas hydrates.

The hydrothermal vents and methane seeps on the ocean floor that were once thought to be geologic and biological oddities are now emerging as a major force in ocean ecosystems, marine life and global ...