Deep-sea mining could impact marine life stretching from the tiniest bottom dwellers to apex predators like swordfish and sharks, a major piece of industry-funded research found Thursday.

From deep-diving whales to jellyfish with long trailing tentacles, these deep-sea creatures highlight how much we still have to learn about life in the ocean’s depths.

Trace metals such as iron or zinc that are stored in deep-sea sediments are lost forever to phytoplankton on the ocean surface. This is what geochemists believed for a long time about the cycle of ...

Using its advanced deep-sea drilling vessel Meng Xiang (meaning “Dream”), China aims to penetrate the Mohorovicic discontinuity — or Moho — the boundary between the crust and mantle.

Trump has opened the deep sea for business, risking fragile environments we know nothing about Defying international law, the Trump admin wants to move ahead with deep sea mining that threatens ...

Politics Trump’s New Executive Order Promotes Deep Sea Mining in US and International Waters While Bypassing International Law Critics call for an industry moratorium until more scientific data ...

Freshwater may soon flow from the deep sea to drought-stricken coastal cities. A handful of companies are exploring how deep-sea pressures can replace the energy-intensive pumps and toxic ...

The deep sea begins roughly 200 meters below the surface, at the depth where sunlight disappears. It makes up more than 90% of the ocean’s volume, yet most of what lies beneath remains a mystery.

Cue outrage from environmentalists keen to protect the unique organisms that live in the CCZ at almost any cost. They observe that the deep sea is one of the last places on the planet not yet ...

Environmental groups fear Trump’s order to speed deep-sea mining will harm ecosystems Most countries joined a United Nations-affiliated International Seabed Authority that wants to set rules to ...

President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order aimed at boosting the deep-sea mining industry, marking his latest attempt to boost U.S. access to nickel, copper and other critical ...

Biology Deep-Sea Fish Has Hair—Oh Wait, Those Are Giant Parasites The tiny hitchhikers might be yucky, but they’re also a sign of a thriving deep-sea ecosystem.