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Mining the seafloor could boost global production of clean energy technology—and destroy the ocean in the process

Just how harmful could these emerging operations have on oceans and marine ecosystems?

The Mining Industry’s Next Frontier is Deep, Deep Under the Sea. To read this story in Spanish, click here. Companies are diving to the bottom to scoop up metals essential for our EV-driven future. But how much ocean are we willing to sacrifice? IN OCTOBER OF last...

Here are the measurements for the deepest depths in each of the worlds five oceans, and a look at the unique animals that live in these deep zones.

An expedition to the Pacific's Mariana Trench has found evidence that life exists miles below the surface. But it's not life as we know it.

When Cindy Van Dover started working with Nautilus Minerals, a deep-sea mining company, she received hate mail from other marine scientists. Van Dover is a prolific deep-sea biologist, an oceanographer who has logged hundreds of dives to the seafloor. In 2004, Nautilus invited Van Dover and her students to characterize ecosystems in the Manus Basin […]

The deep sea discoveries of 2020 are stunning Perhaps the longest animal ever recorded: An estimated 150-foot-long siphonophore. Image: Schmidt Ocean Institute 2020-12-23 15:18:27 UTC This spring, over 2,000 feet down in the Indian Ocean, a robot exploring a canyon happened upon a fantastical, loosely coiled creature. The siphonophore, found suspended in the water, might be the longest animal ever discovered. Its well over 150 feet in length. The discovery, made by scientists aboard the R/V Fa...