After more than a decade of negotiations, a new round of talks to finalize a code to regulate deep-sea mining in ...

Rules for the emerging deep-sea mining sector should take a "precautionary approach" that protects the environment, the head ...

A newly discovered mechanism could explain the shock finding last year that oxygen is produced by metallic nodules on the ...

In 1917, a civil engineer pioneered the first deep-sea vehicle to attempt filming underwater. A century later, we have James ...

Pressure on the International Seabed Authority (ISA) to finalize and adopt regulations for deep-sea mining is increasing.

In the cold, lightless Pacific Ocean deep, the seabed is scattered with metal-rich rocks coveted by miners -- and huge ...

Deep below the surface of the ocean in the South China Sea, a robot named “discovery” searched the seafloor for life. Faxian, ...

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In 2012, three deep-sea divers were on a routine operation in the North Sea when one of them became trapped underwater. Liu ...

Shanghai Jiao Tong University along with multiple collaborating institutions including the University of Copenhagen and ...

Mining of polymetallic nodules from the seabed might lead to significant and long-lasting ecological changes -- both in the mined area, where surface sediments and the fauna living in and on it are ...