Invisible clouds of sediment created by underwater mining spread for miles, putting ocean floor ecosystems at risk.

Since its invention in the 1980s, 3D printing has steadily moved from research labs ...

An interdisciplinary team of Cornell researchers is working on a method to apply 3D printing in oceanic environments.

Nair’s group uses a 6,000-pound industrial robot for large-scale 3D printing of concrete structures. To tackle the challenge of limited visibility in turbid water, the fabrication team developed a ...

Offshore turbines with nature‑inclusive Reef Cubes help restore oceans, boosting marine life as Dutch wind farms show clean energy can heal underwater ecosystems.

Mass extinction events throughout Earth’s history are characterized as significant disruptions to life on the planet. There have been five major extinction events that have fundamentally changed how ...

For more than a century, scientists have known that waves can behave in ways that seem to defy common sense, from freak walls of water in the open ocean to ghostly ripples inside atoms. What has ...

By 3D-printing concrete underwater, a new approach could transform on-site maritime construction and the repair of critical infrastructure that connects continents. “We want to ...

It’s not seaweed. They’ve been called the “lungs of the sea.” And while certain marine microbes could also compete for that ...