Tokyo proclaims Pacific Ocean mission world’s first attempt to tap rare earths at such a depth.
A new study led by scientists at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), along with international partners, finds that ...
A new report reveals the results of a study exploring biodiversity in a region targeted for seabed mining—capturing baseline data, tracking natural changes and assessing the impacts of a polymetallic ...
A carnivorous "death-ball" sponge has been declared one of the oddest finds made during a deep-sea expedition near Antarctica. The unusual creature was discovered 2.2 miles (3.5km) deep in a trench ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dr Michelle Taylor's research team made international headlines when they discovered an elusive colossal squid [Michelle Taylor] ...
Nodules on the abyssal seafloor in the Clarion Clipperton Zone with a mud cloud from a scientific remotely-operated vehicle (ROV) touching down. A new study led by researchers at the University of ...
NEW YORK — An underwater voyage has revealed a network of creatures thriving at the bottom of deep-sea ocean trenches. In these extreme environments, the crushing pressure, scant food and lack of ...
Seafloor animals decreased by 37% in a deep-sea mining exploration zone, a landmark report has found. Scientists from the Natural History Museum (NHM), University of Gothenburg and National ...
A new study indicates that deep-sea mining could threaten at least 30 species of sharks, rays and chimaeras, many of which are already at risk of extinction. The authors found that seabed sediment ...