An alien, underwater world could hold the answers to China’s energy security, scientists say, as they work to unlock its ...

Scientific mission collects specimens from ocean depths of 6,000 metres in first crewed exploration of Tasman Sea trench.

Cold seeps, the sites on the ocean floor where the bubbles of the methane gas rise up, are a home for a varied communities of bacteria, bivalves and other associated life forms. Disclaimer ...

Led by the South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (SCSIO), the research facility of cold-seep ecosystem comprises three key components, including a crewed deep-sea ...

The Research Facility of Cold-seep Ecosystems, led by the South China Sea Institute of Oceanology under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, is scheduled for completion within five years. The project ...