The president has ordered the agency to swifty advance the approval of licenses and permits for exploring and mining deep-sea minerals.

Bottom-dwellers such as sea cucumbers, marine worms, starfish and crustaceans could see “significant declines in abundance immediately following mining”, research found.

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.

The Trump administration plans to fast-track permits for deep-sea mining, despite pushback from conservation groups that warn that too little is known about delicate ecosystems deep underwater.

A research team led by Occidental College has identified a previously unknown symbiosis; deep sea spiders that cultivate and feed on bacteria that oxidize methane.

Earlier this week the country pledged to work with the United States, India and Australia to ensure a stable supply of critical minerals.

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A deep-sea drilling boat, Chikyu, will conduct a “test cruise” to retrieve ocean floor sediments that contain rare earth elements.

Deep Sea has some consistency issues in terms of tone and narrative, but it is beyond beautiful and makes the most of the 3D animation to convey its vast settings.