Deep-sea mining is set to potentially occur in the Clarion–Clipperton Zone, which is a large abyssal plain area that spans from the waters around Hawai'i into the eastern Pacific Ocean. To make the ...

Snailfish living in deep-sea trenches in the Pacific and Indian oceans may have wider geographic distributions than previously thought, according to a researcher at The University of Western Australia ...

Beneath the vast expanse of the Pacific Ocean lie small, black, potato-sized treasures – polymetallic nodules rich in valuable metals and rare earth elements – waiting to be unearthed. Strewn across ...

We know next to nothing about 99.999 percent of the seafloor. How one researcher plans to democratize deep-sea exploration. Katy Croff Bell, who has been an ocean researcher for 25 years, is working ...

In 1983, a catastrophic failure aboard the Byford Dolphin oil rig in the North Sea led to one of the most horrifying industrial accidents in human history. During a routine transfer between a diving ...

India’s first auction of deep-sea blocks of critical minerals, which are vital for electric vehicles, defence equipment and renewable energy, has been delayed indefinitely following a poor response ...

The deepest known point in any of the world’s oceans is Challenger Deep, a section of the Mariana Trench that plunges to about 36,070 feet (10,994 meters). It’s an extraordinary place on Earth. While ...

The Pygmy Shark (Euprotomicrus bispinatus), the world’s second smallest shark species and one of the species with a high overlap with proposed deep sea mining. The habitat of thirty species of sharks, ...

The flame lighting ceremony for China's 15th National Games, the 12th National Games for Persons with Disabilities and 9th National Special Olympic Games was held in Guangzhou, the capital of South ...

A few months ago, the clear waters of Puducherry beckoned Mumbai-based Kshitij Zodape, a 26-year-old software developer. Every year, on at least three occasions, he goes scuba diving here and there, ...