Marine ecosystems in the deep ocean show little sign of recovery even decades after experimental mining, according to new ...

The sighting “highlights the importance of modern, cost-effective technologies to survey the deep sea and locate these lost ...

Scientists said they have seen the first signs of life returning to deep sea mining tracks carved into the abyssal seabed ...

A riotous photography collection from a recent underwater mission off the coast of Chile shows new and fascinating deep-sea ...

Deep-sea fish thrive in extreme pressure, darkness, and pollution, revealing new survival mechanisms and threats.

A hidden ecosystem of giant sea spiders, octopuses, and other stunning sea creatures shows how life can flourish even when ...

Beneath the Pacific Ocean southeast of Hawaii, a hidden treasure trove of polymetallic nodules can be found scattered across ...

Deep-sea mining research and experiments over the ... As an oceanographer studying marine life in an area of the Pacific rich in these nodules, I believe that before countries and companies ...

Researchers have revisited a remote site in the Pacific Ocean that was used as a test for deep-sea mining in the 1970s. They ...

Exploratory deep-sea mining began in the 1970s ... potentially harming marine life and disrupting ecosystems. Picture a volcanic eruption – not of lava, but of fine, murky sediments expanding ...