More information: Iason-Zois Gazis et al, Monitoring benthic plumes, sediment redeposition and seafloor imprints caused by ...

Monitoring benthic plumes, sediment redeposition and seafloor imprints caused by deep-sea polymetallic nodule mining. Nature ...

Exploration for deep-sea minerals in the Clarion Clipperton Zone threatens to disrupt an unexpectedly rich ecosystem of ...

03/05/2025 12:31 Footprints of Deep-Sea Mining: New Study Examines the Spread of Deep-Sea Mining Sediment Plumes Ilka Thomsen Kommunikation und Medien GEOMAR Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel ...

The Metals Company is applying for permission from the Trump administration to mine for nickel and cobalt beneath a remote ...

Deep-sea mining in a remote part of the Pacific Ocean could harm ocean life including whales and dolphins, new research shows ...

The minerals that are being targeted form a critical part of the sea floor, and the sea floor is what life attaches to in the ...

Companies are preparing to move forward with seabed mining, but a method for gathering critical minerals from the seafloor ...

If future deep-sea mining operations release sediment plumes into the water column, as proposed, the debris could interfere with animals’ feeding, disrupt food webs and alter animals’ behaviors.

(THE CONVERSATION) Picture an ocean world so deep and dark it feels like another planet – where creatures glow and life survives under crushing pressure. This is the midwater zone, a hidden ...