Deep-sea octopuses are typically solitary creatures that inhabit frigid waters in one of Earth’s most challenging environments. Christian-McCall.

Cue outrage from environmentalists keen to protect the unique organisms that live in the CCZ at almost any cost. They observe that the deep sea is one of the last places on the planet not yet ...

Once the plastic particles sink to the deep sea, they've got nowhere else to go. “If we could magically snap our fingers over 10, 20, 50 years time and stop making plastic, ...

And 12 countries have called for a moratorium on deep-sea mining, with France going further and pressing for an outright ban. Fortunately, it’s not too late for governments to stop this rush ...

Demand for battery materials could open up the deep sea to mining. That could cause “irreversible” harm, a new report finds.

For decades, mining companies have been eager to extract rare and valuable metals and minerals from the deep sea — a practice that scientists have long warned could damage marine ecosystems. Now ...

That means deep-sea ecosystems take an age to recover. Mining might cause the extinction of species that have yet even to be recorded. Though surely that has happened in Sulawesi, too.