"We are seeing surging momentum for a moratorium (on deep-sea mining ... year with the surprise discovery that oxygen was being released on the ocean floor not just by living organisms, but by ...
A small team of ichthyologists at the California Academy of Sciences has discovered a new species of damselfish living off ...
Understanding ancient ocean temperatures—particularly from the Cenozoic era (the past 66 million years), in which Earth ...
Deep seabed mining is already controversial because of inherent environmental and biodiversity risks. A new study shows that ...
Researchers have discovered inorganic nanostructures surrounding deep-ocean hydrothermal vents that are strikingly similar to ...
And more than 50 international companies, including Apple, Google, Microsoft and BMW, have stated they won't source components from deep-sea mining minerals. While the planned 2025 licensing round ...
A new study reveals the Southern Ocean’s key role in the Mid-Pleistocene climate transition, highlighting its impact on ...
Norway has paused its controversial project to open up its seabed for commercial-scale deep-sea mining. Oslo had planned to let companies apply to mine 280,000 sq km (108,000 sq miles) of its ...
Norway became the first country in the world to move forward with commercial-scale deep-sea mining when it approved the plans in January. The deep sea is home to minerals such as lithium ...