Deep sea mining has been off limits thus far, both because it's awfully hard, and because governments haven't yet firmed up ...

The Irish writer’s new novel, “Twist,” is a shipboard adventure about the ragtag crews who repair ruptured information cables deep in the ocean.

The Elon Musks of the world might want us to believe that Starlink is the true wave of the future, but we will be using ...

Countries have debated for decades whether to allow mining on the ocean floor, a potential trove of critical minerals. Now, a ...

Dropped anchors from cruise ships can exact damage ... at sea (an ingenious diver can fairly easily manage to cut a cable), ...

Russia and China are harassing the West with attacks that, although not crossing the line into war, inflict considerable ...

A riotous photography collection from a recent underwater mission off the coast of Chile shows new and fascinating deep-sea ...

Beneath the ocean’s surface, hidden from view, lies a global nervous system. Thousands of miles of armored cables carry ...

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The vessels would stay at sea for months, with supply ships coming to deliver fuel and retrieve the ship’s catch – a common process in deep-sea fishing known as transshipment – leaving the ...

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