The most transformative deep sea finding in a generation is not a single strange animal or a record-breaking trench, but ...

A cnidarian is attached to a dead sponge stalk on a manganese nodule in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone. Diva Amon and Craig Smith, University of Hawaii at Mānoa Picture an ocean world so deep and dark it ...

Startling findings in 2024 suggested that metallic nodules on the sea floor produce oxygen and might support life. Now ...

A mining-machine test on the deep-ocean floor resulted in species diversity declining by roughly 32% in the tracks of the mining equipment. Researchers worked in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone ( CCZ) ...

Far below the reach of sunlight, the deep ocean is stitched together by pockets of warmth and chemistry that function like underwater cities. Scientists have spent decades tracing these hidden oases, ...

The deep sea, the planet’s most expansive and least understood ecosystem, remains largely unexplored. Yet while the deep sea may seem a dark and distant space, events underwater directly impact our ...

For more than 60 years, the ginkgo-toothed beaked whale (Mesoplodon ginkgodens) was one of the ocean’s greatest mysteries.

Marine life in the deep ocean can take decades to recover from the impact of deep-sea mining for rare metals, new research shows. A study published in the journal Nature found that the site of a ...

A world-first study led by Museums Victoria Research Institute has revealed that beneath the cold, dark, pressurized world of the deep sea, marine life is far more globally connected than previously ...

Advances in deep-sea technology, particularly the Fendouzhe submersible, have revolutionized hadal research, enabling more precise and frequent sampling. With a 220 kg sampling capacity and an ...

A deep-sea expedition has recorded 30 previously unknown species from one of the planet’s most inaccessible regions, at depths of up to 700 meters, or 2,300 feet, in the Southern Ocean. The ...

Deep-sea mining is the extraction of minerals from the seabed in the deep ocean. Most of the interest is in what are known as polymetallic nodules, which are potato-sized mineral deposits that have ...