Around 90% of species in the ... and start extracting. A US deep-sea mining industry is essential to counter China’s aggressive pursuit of ocean minerals, a White House spokesperson said ...

About 90 percent of species found in the Clarion Clipperton Zone have never been identified, yet they may be at risk from mining for minerals such as cobalt and nickel. This sea urchin ...

Half a century after the world's first deep sea mining tests picked nodules from the seafloor off the US east coast, the damage has barely begun to heal.

Researchers say more than a fifth of the planet’s ocean — which makes up 70 percent of the surface of the Earth — has been ...

Interest in deep-sea mining has increased globally in recent years. And even as the International Seabed Authority (ISA), the ...

Scientists, who have spent more than a decade examining the impact of artificial light at night on the world's coasts and oceans, have shown that more than one-fifth of the global ocean -- an area ...

The deep sea begins at about 200 meters below sea level, where light starts to diminish in a region called the twilight zone.

More than one-fifth of the global ocean—an area spanning more than 75 million sq km—has been the subject of ocean darkening ...

Learn more about why understanding how life works in the deep sea is crucial to understanding the entire planet, and that’s never been more important.

The deep sea refers to the part of the ocean below 200 meters (656 ft.), at which light begins to disappear. Despite making up more than 90% of the Earth’s marine environment, much of the deep-sea ...

Scientists have discovered millions of Pacific white skate eggs near a deep-sea volcano off Canada’s west coast.