The minerals that are being targeted form a critical part of the sea floor, and the sea floor is what life attaches to in the ...

The deep sea refers to the part of the ocean below 200 meters (656 ft.), at which light begins to disappear. Despite making up more than 90% of the Earth’s marine environment, much of the deep-sea ...

This is the deep sea—a realm of mystery and wonder, but also a place now facing the looming shadow of human ambition. With fish stocks dwindling closer to shore, many are turning their gaze ...

President Trump signed a far-reaching executive order aimed at accelerating the development of deep-sea mining for ...

Here’s what we know so far. The idea of deep-sea mining has been around for about 150 years. The British warship HMS Challenger in March 1873 hauled up “several peculiar black oval bodies which were ...

Due to the extreme conditions in the deep sea, its ecosystems and high biodiversity (made up mostly of small organisms living in the sediment) are particularly sensitive to disturbances.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday to promote mining of the deep-sea floor, a controversial way to get critical minerals that are used in a wide range of electronics and ...

Sand deposits are found within Indian territorial ... Falling between Kollam and Alappuzha, this region hosts deep sea prawns, shrimps, lobsters, sardines, mackerel and export-oriented squid ...