ocean bottom

The report, published in the science journal Estuaries and Coasts, details the characteristics of a population of healthy-size surfclams of different ages living just under the surface of the sandy ocean bottom.

They concluded the materials recovered from the ocean bottom were tiny, ordinary meteorites -- or particles produced from other meteorites hitting Earth's surface mixed with terrestrial contamination.

A study in the scientific journal Nature in August found marine heat waves “are not a dominant driver of change” in some species that live near the ocean bottom.

In June, the M/V Silver Star began to trawl the ocean bottom off Manus.

Last week presumed human remains were found and recovered from the ocean bottom.