A new study led by researchers at the University of Hawaii (UH) at Mānoa published in Nature Communications is the first of ...

In the inky depths of the Central Pacific Ocean, nearly 2,400 meters below the surface, scientists have discovered a new ...

Scientists caution that unchecked mining could disrupt ocean food webs from the depths to dinner plates worldwide.

Scientists have discovered that deep-sea mining plumes can strip vital nutrition from the ocean’s twilight zone, replacing natural food with nutrient-poor sediment. The resulting “junk food” effect ...

New industry-backed research shows how waste from deep-sea mining could have far-reaching effects on fish and their food.

New deep-sea limpet species, Pectinodonta nautilus, found on a sunken log near Johnston Atoll, nearly 8,000 feet deep.

Elizabeth Klein says the Interior Department is fast-tracking seabed mining using "already bare-bones, vague, decades-old ...

Biggest Ocean Mysteries Scientists Can't Explain: 25 Facts That Are Surprisingly Scientifically Proven: The deep sea is ...

The research shows sediment waste discharged from deep sea mining could disrupt marine life in the mid-water, between 200-1500 meters deep, known as the "twilight zone".