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The deep sea, covering approximately 65% of Earth's surface, has long been considered a biological desert. In this extreme ...

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

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Life down there plays by a completely different set of rules, with creatures that have adapted in ways we can barely imagine.

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 ...