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A world-first study led by Museums Victoria Research Institute has revealed that beneath the cold, dark, pressurized world of ...
“It’s a paradox. The deep sea is highly connected, but also incredibly fragile,” said Dr. O’Hara. “Understanding how life is distributed and moves through this vast environment is essential if we want ...
The sea life in this part of the ocean has had to adapt to the extreme cold water. Some animals here have blue blood, which ...
Life on Earth extends far beyond the vibrant rainforests and sunlit coral reefs. Deep below the surface, an extraordinary microbial world thrives, challenging previous assumptions about where life ...
One study published in Science earlier this month found that with 44,000 deep-sea dives, just 0.001% of the deep seafloor has been visually observed — which is roughly the size of Yosemite ...
When on land, the family is based in Concarneau, a small coastal town in Brittany, northwestern France. When at sea, the 18-meter-long yacht becomes their home, shared with around 10 other people ...
Deep-sea mining threatens sea life in a way no one is thinking about, and Trump’s order could clear the way for operations soon. Alexus Cazares-Nuesser, University of Hawaii.
Last Breath is based on the real-life story of Chris Lemons, a deep sea diver who somehow lived through nearly 40 minutes of oxygen deprivation. Skip to main content Open Mega Menu ...
Marine life in the deep ocean can take decades to recover from the impact of deep-sea mining for rare metals, new research shows. A study published in the journal Nature found that the site of a ...
A separate expedition found new species such as a limpet, a marine mollusk with a conical shell, and a sea star in polar waters at a depth of 10,000 feet (3,053 meters) in the Norwegian-Greenland Sea.
Deep-sea life is still recovering from mining activity 40 years ago. The site of a deep-sea mining test in 1979 had lower levels of biodiversity when researchers revisited it in 2023 compared with ...
Native Hawaiians, for example, believe the deep sea is where life began. “The action of deep-sea mining is such a destructive process, and that process now intrudes into this place, in the story ...