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

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

The International Seabed Authority will convene in July to discuss this and other issues. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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

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

Researchers have revisited a remote site in the Pacific Ocean that was used as a test for deep-sea mining in the 1970s. They ...

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

“The law of the sea basically colonized [Pacific peoples’] ocean,” said Frank Murphy, a resident of French Polynesia who ...

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

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

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 ...

A riotous photography collection from a recent underwater mission off the coast of Chile shows new and fascinating deep-sea ...