In the vast darkness of the deep sea, where finding a mate can be as challenging as surviving the crushing pressure, anglerfishes have evolved one of nature’s most extraordinary reproductive ...

A 2022 peer-reviewed study of available research by leading deep-sea scientists found “no or next to no scientific knowledge” for most of the seabed targeted for mining. NEW PLAYERS IN THE DEBATE ...

It was tested in the South China Sea, where the team attached it to an arm on a submersible, which they sent 3,400 metres (34,776 feet) deep. There, the gripper collected small marine creatures ...

Russia and U.S. experts to meet in Riyadh on Monday Kremlin says Black Sea initiative is on the agenda Trump seeking to kickstart peace talks in three-year war MOSCOW, March 20 (Reuters ...

As 170 countries meet for crucial negotiations on deep-sea mining, tensions rise over the environmental impact and the rush for exploitation, with key issues unresolved in the mining code Close to ...

The company at the vanguard of plans to mine deep sea metals used in electric vehicle batteries has surrendered a third of its Pacific Ocean exploration area after a breakdown in cooperation with the ...

Sydney (AFP) – Pacific nation Kiribati says it is exploring a deep-sea mining partnership with China, dangling access to a vast patch of Pacific Ocean harbouring coveted metals and minerals.

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Daniel Jones, a NOC researcher who trawled the archives to pinpoint the location, said the test followed an CIA plot to recover a Russian nuclear submarine, using deep-sea mining as a cover story.

"Deep-sea discovery calls into question the origins of life," the Scottish Association for Marine Science said in a press release to accompany the publication of the research. Environmentalists ...

The deep sea has long fascinated scientists and explorers alike. It stretches across more than half of Earth’s surface, yet much of it remains a mystery. For years, researchers believed that life at ...