When ships sink, they add artificial structures to the seafloor that can quickly become diverse, ecologically important underwater communities.

A Liberty ship packed with nearly 1,500 tons of wartime explosives has been decaying in the Thames Estuary for almost 80 years. This breaks down what’s still inside, why salvage is so dangerous, and ...

To this day, there has only been one recorded instance of submarine-on-submarine warfare during WWII. The German Navy's ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Avery Paxton, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (THE CONVERSATION) ...