Deep below the surface of the ocean, bacteria and critters that feed off nutrients spouting from hydrothermal vents met with ...

Curious deep-sea fish and crustaceans swim through the frigid waters, tiny alien-looking worms burrow through the sediment as vibrant yellow and purple sea cucumbers rove over the surface, while the ...

AN examination of deep-sea sediments deposited south of Australia and Sumatra during and after the last polarity reversal of the Earth's magnetic field resulted in the discovery of a zone ...

The U.S. push to mine international waters for metals defies global efforts to control and protect these fragile ecosystems.

In 1979, a deep-sea mining experiment in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ) left a lasting mark on the seabed. Decades later, a groundbreaking study published in the journal Nature, co-led by the ...

Ninety-nine percent of the world's digital communications rely on subsea cables. Fixing them keeps us all connected – and has changed our understanding of the ocean.

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 ...

Deep Sea Squid Caught on Camera Alive for the First Time. The Astonishing Footage Wasn't Planned The Gonatus antarcticus squid had previously only been identified through remains found in fishing ...

A strip of the Pacific Ocean seabed that was mined for metals more than 40 years ago has still not recovered, scientists said late on Wednesday, adding weight to calls for a moratorium on all deep ...

So if we are going to intervene in the deep sea for deep sea mining, we will destroy this interface between the water and the sediment, which is very old,” said Mulsow.

Massive underwater eruption may preview deep-sea mining destruction Scientists are exploring the underwater aftermath of the 2022 Hunga eruption.