Scattered across an abyssal plain known as the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ) are polymetallic nodules that are a potato-sized ...

Picture an ocean world so deep and dark it feels like another planet – where creatures glow and life survives under crushing ...

A new study analyzes the evolutionary history of 11 deep-sea species from environments stretching from the central Indian ...

The newfound ecosystem is filled with sea crabs, octopuses and gigantic sponges, suggesting it may have been thriving for ...

A new study in Cell reveals that species living miles beneath the ocean’s surface have independently evolved the same genetic ...

Fast-moving underwater avalanches, known as turbidity currents, are responsible for transporting vast quantities of microplastics into the deep sea, according to new research published today.

Countries have debated for decades whether to allow mining on the ocean floor, a potential trove of critical minerals. Now, a ...

Around ninety percent of life forms in the deep sea have yet to be named by humans, British director Eleanor Mortimer informs us in the course of her documentary “How Deep Is Your Love.” It’s a ...

Deep-sea mining research and experiments over the ... As an oceanographer studying marine life in an area of the Pacific rich in these nodules, I believe that before countries and companies ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Alexus Cazares-Nuesser, University of Hawaii (THE CONVERSATION) Picture an ocean ...