Shen, et al (2024) Zootaxa “Large organic falls, such as wood falls, provide habitats for various organisms in the deep sea,” researchers said. “By establishing energy-rich environments in ...

Animal life is flourishing underneath the seafloor according to a new study of deep-sea hydrothermal vents, suggesting this mysterious landscape has complex ecosystems. Hydrothermal vents are ...

What are the legal challenges of deep-sea mining and why cannot the world wait any longer to deal with them? THE International Seabed Authority (ISA), based in Kingston, Jamaica, has emerged as a ...

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Astonishing life dwells in the deep sea. An ocean expedition to a dynamic marine realm off the little-explored Chilean coast — with seeps and vents emitting nutrients into the water — has ...

The Metals Company has large potential in deep-sea mining of polymetallic nodules, which is crucial for the electrification transition, with minimal environmental impact compared to traditional ...

Hydrothermal vents are cracks in the ocean floor that release hot, mineral-rich water into the deep sea. They form when seawater seeps into Earth’s crust in areas where tectonic plates are eithe ...

Working with a team of marine biologists and deep-sea technical experts, Drs Gollner and Bright headed out to the volcanically active East Pacific Rise, far to the west of South America.

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Ninety-nine percent of the world's digital communications rely on subsea cables. When they break, it could spell disaster for a whole country's internet. How do you fix a fault at the bottom of ...

A team of researchers has discovered macroscopic life beneath the seafloor of the deep ocean, one of Earth’s most extreme environments. The discovery both complicates scientists’ understanding ...