Research shows abyssal seafloor processes are crucial for trace metal cycling, influencing ocean chemistry and enhancing our ...

The minerals that are being targeted form a critical part of the sea floor, and the sea floor is what life attaches to in the ...

As Earth's largest carbon reservoir, the ocean locks carbon away from the atmosphere. However, scientists still struggle to ...

Companies are preparing to move forward with seabed mining, but a method for gathering critical minerals from the seafloor ...

Scientists on the US West Coast say they discovered three previously unknown species of deep-sea spider that could have a ...

The crucial conference in France comes after Trump ordered the US to pursue deep-sea mining with potentially damaging ...

Trace metals such as iron or zinc that are stored in deep-sea sediments are lost forever to phytoplankton on the ocean surface. This is what ...

Marine experts say governments must protect fragile ecosystems from destructive practices such as bottom trawling and deep ...

Scientists on a research expedition in the Southern Ocean captured the first footage of a living Gonatus antarcticus squid.

But this ecological controversy is an example of how the demand for the metals needed to power battery technology - for ...

The Gonatus antarcticus squid, found only in the waters around Antarctica, was spotted at a depth of approx. 2152 meters in ...