Fast-moving underwater avalanches, known as turbidity currents, are responsible for transporting vast quantities of ...

Deep-sea mining (DSM) not only poses significant environmental, social, and economic risks that may have far-reaching ...

When you're on a sandy beach or the banks of a river, transformed by rolling waves or slightly still waters, it's likely ...

Scientists have discovered that powerful underwater avalanches are sweeping huge amounts of microplastics into the deep sea, ...

Countries have debated for decades whether to allow mining on the ocean floor, a potential trove of critical minerals. Now, a Canadian startup says it will move ahead, whether or not rules are in ...

A new study analyzes the evolutionary history of 11 deep-sea species from environments stretching from the central Indian ...

The US feels otherwise. “Under the Deep Seabed Hard Mineral Resources Act, US companies can apply for exploration licenses ...

What is the role of dissolved organic matter in the deep sea? In a study relating to this question, researchers have investigated the composition of dissolved organic matter (DOM) in detail. Their ...

Brussels / Kiel. Led by Professor Dr Sylvia Sander of the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, a group of internationally renowned marine scientists has published a Future Science Brief on ...

Exploratory deep-sea mining began in the 1970s ... Additionally, noise pollution from machinery can interfere with how species communicate and navigate. Disturbances like these have the potential ...