The Metals Company wants to be the first firm to commercially mine the seafloor. The study it funded suggests that mining ...

In the inky blackness nearly 10,000 meters below the Pacific Ocean, scientists have discovered strange animals that may hold ...

Machines mining minerals in the deep ocean have been found to cause significant damage to life on the seabed, scientists ...

For all of humanity’s ventures to outer space, we’ve yet to see 99.999% of the deep-sea floor. In the latest subaquatic news, ...

A new report reveals the results of a study exploring biodiversity in a region targeted for seabed mining—capturing baseline ...

There is high global demand for critical metals, and many countries want to try extracting these sought-after metals from the ...

An ocean-mining company has funded some of the most comprehensive scientific studies to date, and peer-reviewed results have ...

Seafloor animals decreased by 37% in a deep-sea mining exploration zone, a landmark report has found. Scientists from the ...

The deep-sea's midnight zone, a realm of crushing pressure and absolute darkness, harbors extraordinary creatures. These animals have evolved remarkab ...

With baseline data tracking 3,000 tonnes of polymetallic nodules at a depth of 4,280 metres, the study represents the largest ...

One of the most attractive targets for deep sea mining advocates is the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ), a continent-sized ...

Given how underexplored the Pacific Ocean is, it is not surprising that new species are being discovered every time a manned or unmanned deep-water submersible is launched to document the species ...