Scientific American5d
Meet Some of the Strangest Deep-Sea Creatures, from ‘Sea Pigs’ to ‘Disco Worms’
A riotous photography collection from a recent underwater mission off the coast of Chile shows new and fascinating deep-sea ...
The world has no rulebook for deep-sea mining. One company is pushing forward anyway
Countries have debated for decades whether to allow mining on the ocean floor, a potential trove of critical minerals. Now, a ...
Deep-sea mining threatens sea life in a way no one is thinking about: By dumping debris into the thriving midwater zone
Picture an ocean world so deep and dark it feels like another planet—where creatures glow and life survives under crushing pressure.
THE WEEK4d
Dozens of deep-sea creatures discovered after iceberg broke off Antarctica
Beneath a giant iceberg, a whole ecosystem never seen before. Iceberg A-84 broke off from Antarctica and revealed a thriving community of sea creatures underneath. Now, researchers are curious as ...
Alarming Discovery: Human Trash Found at Deepest Point of the Mediterranean Sea
The floor of the Calypso Deep − a 5,112-meter-deep trench in the Ionian Sea − holds one of the highest concentrations of ...
Phys.org5d
Deep sea mining impacts visible for 'many decades'
Scientists said they have seen the first signs of life returning to deep sea mining tracks carved into the abyssal seabed more than four decades ago, but warned on Wednesday that full recovery may ...
The Hindu4d
Deep-sea mining threatens sea life by dumping debris in midwater zone
Picture an ocean world so deep and dark it feels like another planet – where creatures glow and life survives under crushing pressure. This is the midwater zone, a hidden ecosystem that begins ...
The most important part of the ocean you’ve never heard of
The Saya de Malha Bank is one of the world’s largest seagrass fields and the planet’s most important carbon sinks. It faces incalculable risks that threaten the future of humanity.
The Hindu5d
‘Icarus of the deep’: how a dying anglerfish became a social media sensation
The deep sea and its inhabitants face growing threats from seabed mining, plastic pollution, and the effects of human-induced climate change. They need all the empathy they can get.
Reuters4d
Deep sea mining impacts still felt forty years on, study shows
SINGAPORE, March 27 (Reuters) - A strip of the Pacific Ocean seabed that was mined for metals more than 40 years ago has still not recovered, scientists said late on Wednesday, adding weight to ...
NDTV3d
Deep Sea Mining Impacts Still Felt Forty Years On: Study
A strip of the Pacific Ocean seabed that was mined for metals more than 40 years ago has still not recovered, scientists said late on Wednesday, adding weight to calls for a moratorium on all deep ...