Marine ecosystems in the deep ocean show little sign of recovery even decades after experimental mining, according to new ...

Deep ocean exploration began with the diving bell ... The story of Alvin, Trieste, and innumerable other surface ships and deep-sea exploratory vehicles isn't just a story of technological ...

The floor of the Calypso Deep − a 5,112-meter-deep trench in the Ionian Sea − holds one of the highest concentrations of ...

Operating in the depths of the ocean is a challenge that India must embrace to maximise its economic potential and protect ...

Beneath the Pacific Ocean southeast of Hawaii, a hidden treasure trove of polymetallic nodules can be found scattered across ...

Researchers have found new evidence for a massive subsurface ocean on Mars, again raising the possibility of microbial life.

At around 3,300 meters (2 miles) below the surface of the ocean off the coast of Alaska, where the warm light of the Sun ...

Despite growing interest in deep-sea mining, much of the deep ocean, particularly the midwater zone, remains poorly understood. A 2023 study in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone found that 88% to 92% of ...

Marine life in the deep ocean can take decades to recover from the impact of deep-sea mining for rare metals, new research shows.

The blobfish is specially adapted to life in the deep ocean, but it looks like a shapeless blob when brought to the surface.