Scientists present at the latest effort to hash out international rules for deep-sea mining say it's unclear if it's possible ...

It is the first-ever black coral able to live in such warm waters. Chimienti said it was particularly exciting to discover a new species in the 21st century, which shows "there are still animal ...

Gathering minerals such as nickel, cobalt, manganese and lithium from the seabed could affect everything from sponges to ...

Coral Reefs Found Growing In Cold, Deep Ocean Date: November 5, 2008 ... Other activities on the seabed that can cause damage to the coral reefs are offshore industries and bottom trawlers.

Penn K, Wu D, Eisen JA, Ward N (2005) Characterization of Bacterial Communities Associated with Deep-Sea Corals on Gulf of Alaska Seamounts. App Env Microbiol 72(2): 1680-1683. Rogers, AD. 1999. The ...

Scientists present at the latest effort to hash out international rules for deep-sea mining say it’s unclear if it’s possible to restore damaged ...

The deep seabed was once considered a biological desert. Life, the logic went, was synonymous with light and photosynthesis. The sun powered the planet’s food chains, and only a few scavengers ...

Most people would be surprised to learn that two-thirds of the world's corals are not found in warm tropical waters but deep down in some of the ocean's coldest, darkest places.

A decade of oceanographic mapping of the Blake Plateau, which sits approximately 200 miles offshore of Georgia, has recently revealed it as the largest deep-sea coral habitat on earth.

Mining conducted on the floors of deep seas could create "dark oxygen" containing metals that could impact the quality of ...

A deep-sea soft coral garden habitat has been discovered in Greenlandic waters by scientists from UCL, ... the Greenlandic economy depends on a small number of fisheries which trawl the seabed.