The study found that a deep-sea mining test in 1979 in the North Pacific still showed lower levels of biodiversity than ...

The sighting “highlights the importance of modern, cost-effective technologies to survey the deep sea and locate these lost ...

The release noted that the upgraded Jiaolong will soon embark on multiple scientific expeditions, including the ministry's Global Deep-Sea Typical Habitat Program surveys in the Arctic ...

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

When a male anglerfish finds his mate in the pitch-black expanse of the deep sea, he uses his sharp teeth to latch onto her ...

which are themselves a habitat for marine animals. The research marks "the longest term assessment of a deep sea mining track," Jones told reporters earlier this month. Jones trawled the archives ...

The International Seabed Authority (ISA) has worked for more than a decade to draw up regulations for a future deep-sea mining industry. Those efforts continued this week as negotiators from ...

"This latest evidence makes it even more clear why governments must act now to stop deep sea mining before it ever starts," said Greenpeace campaigner Louise Casson. While few expect a final text ...

The nodules are also a unique habitat, like coral gardens in miniature ... said the test followed an CIA plot to recover a ...

Scientists said they have seen the first signs of life returning to deep sea mining tracks carved into the abyssal seabed ...