A riotous photography collection from a recent underwater mission off the coast of Chile shows new and fascinating deep-sea ...
The findings have come at a time when there has been a growing demand for establishing a moratorium on all deep sea mining ...
Giant deep-sea spider spotted crawling on ocean floor near Antarctica - Researchers suspect species grows so large partly due ...
Countries have debated for decades whether to allow mining on the ocean floor, a potential trove of critical minerals. Now, ...
The Saya de Malha Bank is one of the world’s largest seagrass fields and the planet’s most important carbon sinks. It faces incalculable risks that threaten the future of humanity.
After more than a decade of negotiations, a new round of talks to finalize a code to regulate deep-sea mining in ...
Despite growing interest in deep-sea mining, much of the deep ocean, particularly the midwater zone, remains poorly understood. A 2023 study in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone found that 88% to 92% of ...
A strip of the Pacific Ocean seabed that was mined for metals more than 40 years ago has still not recovered, scientists said ...
The floor of the Calypso Deep − a 5,112-meter-deep trench in the Ionian Sea − holds one of the highest concentrations of ...
NEW DELHI – A new study has found that deep-sea mining conducted more than 40 years ago in the Pacific Ocean continues to affect marine ecosystems, raising concerns over its lasting environmental ...
Marine life in the deep ocean can take decades to recover from the impact of deep-sea mining for rare metals, new research shows.