Research led by the Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO-CSIC), with the participation of the Universitat Autònoma de ...

The ocean's deep-sea bed is scattered with ancient rocks, each about the size of a closed fist, called "polymetallic nodules.

When bottom trawls are dragged across the seafloor, they stir up sediments. This not only releases previously stored organic ...

Researchers uncovered one vertebra, and based on its size, they estimate the massive creature was at least 30 feet long when ...

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

Their conclusion: areas with fine-grained sediments, which play a crucial role in CO 2 storage in the Baltic Sea, should urgently be placed under protection. The study has now been published in ...

Once again, Donald Trump is taking steps to destroy our planet. He signed an executive order fast-tracking deep-sea mining in U.S. and international ...

Kane was struck by the high concentrations of microplastics found in the sediment, especially because Whittard Canyon is so ...

Some of the world’s most fascinating creatures live underwater. And unlike the more mainstream animals under the sea — ...

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

Deep-sea mining could unleash clouds of debris that threaten a mysterious, vital ecosystem we barely understand.

A study led by the Spanish Oceanography Institute, with the involvement of the UAB, reconstructs the recent history of marine contaminants such as ...