Hundreds of animals were recently discovered at the bottom of the eastern Pacific, but that was before a deep-sea mining ...

There is high global demand for critical metals, and many countries want to try extracting these sought-after metals from the ...

'Dust clouds' at the bottom of the deep sea, that will be created by deep-sea mining activities, descend at a short distance for the biggest part. Yet, a small portion of the stirred-up bottom ...

A new study highlights the key role the Southern Ocean plays in the Earth’s climate system. Around 12,000 years ago, the last ...

WWF is disappointed that the European Parliament voted against the phase-out of destructive deep-sea bottom trawling (below 600 metres) in European waters and high seas of the North-East Atlantic.

Many countries are failing to implement vital United Nations resolutions designed to protect vulnerable deep-sea species and ecosystems. Many countries are failing to implement vital United Nations ...

An underwater voyage has revealed a network of creatures thriving at the bottom of deep-sea ocean trenches, researchers said in a newly published paper. The deep-sea trenches, also called Hadal ...

A new study has revealed how even the deepest seafloors are affected by the daily back-and-forth of the tides, and the change of the seasons, and that currents at the bottom of the ocean are far more ...

Scientists trace ancient deep-sea changes in the Southern Ocean to explain how rising CO₂ helped warm Earth after the last ...

Mining the seafloor for valuable metals could send dangerous ripples through ocean food webs. Tiny floating plankton, the base of the food web, can accidentally ingest particles of sediment kicked up ...

Far out on the high seas, on any given day, hundreds of fishing vessels drag huge nets, big enough to snag a 747 jumbo jet, across the ocean bottom, vacuuming up 150-year-old fish, flattening ancient ...

Environmental groups welcomed the Bush administration’s promise this week to push for an international ban on bottom trawling in the deep sea and other “destructive” fishing practices. United Nations ...