Deep-sea mining in a remote part of the Pacific Ocean could harm ocean life including whales and dolphins, new research shows ...

Deep below the surface of the ocean, bacteria and critters that feed off nutrients spouting from hydrothermal vents met with ...

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 ...

Since the deep-sea ecosystem likely plays such a key role in keeping methane away from Earth’s atmosphere, Goffredi said one day, the same type of microbes found on the Sericosura spiders could ...

One of the platform’s key goals is to push for a moratorium on deep-sea mining for 10 to 15 years, allowing time for more research to be done. “Ideally, we would like to see at least 60 ...