Could lumpy metallic rocks in the deepest, darkest reaches of the ocean be making oxygen in the absence of sunlight? This ...

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 ...

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

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

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, ...

There's one. And another. This robot was hunting for rocks. A three-pronged claw descended from above and plucked a stone off ...

Hidden in the abyss of the Atacama Trench, Dulcibella camanchaca reveals itself as a unique predator adapted to the darkness.

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 ...

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