The deep sea is full of surprises, hiding creatures that look like they belong in a sci-fi movie rather than our oceans. These rare animals have adapted in incredible ways to live in a world of ...

One study published in Science earlier this month found that with 44,000 deep-sea dives, just 0.001% of the deep seafloor has been visually observed — which is roughly the size of Yosemite ...

Explorers have dreamed of harvesting deep-sea metals since the 1870s, when the British scientific ship HMS Challenger pulled up mineral-laden rocks on its round-the-world voyage.

During a dive in 2018 aboard the deep-sea submersible Alvin, she descended more than 2,000 meters into a world lit by bioluminescence. “I have worked all over the place, and my mind was blown on ...

Biology Deep-Sea Fish Has Hair—Oh Wait, Those Are Giant Parasites The tiny hitchhikers might be yucky, but they’re also a sign of a thriving deep-sea ecosystem.

For its part, TMC intends to have large vessels out at sea deploying collector vehicles down to abyssal depths of 2.5-3.75 miles (4-6 km) in the Clarion Clipperton Zone in the Pacific Ocean.

Talks to develop rules for deep-sea mining are still underway at the International Seabed Authority (ISA), which was established by the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.

The deep sea has long fascinated scientists and explorers alike. It stretches across more than half of Earth’s surface, yet much of it remains a mystery. For years, researchers believed that life at ...

Biodiversity is depleted and large furrows still lie in the seabed where deep-sea mining equipment operated more than 40 years ago, in findings that suggest it will take the deep sea multiple ...

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