Scientists could never square theory with data on how certain organisms fixed carbon. Turns out they were asking the wrong ...

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A deep-sea ecologist writes that the United States’ new rush to allow deep-sea mining raises significant environmental ...

In the midst of the COVID pandemic, scientists embarked on an ambitious research expedition to the North Atlantic to ...

India's deep-ocean exploration has taken a monumental leap forward with a 15-year agreement to explore for precious metals in ...

The Metals Company wants to be the first firm to commercially mine the seafloor. The study it funded suggests that mining ...

As demand for cobalt, nickel, and other critical minerals surges, governments and companies are eyeing the deep ocean floor.

The deep sea around Antarctica just got a whole lot weirder as researchers have discovered at least 30 previously unknown ...

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Researchers have uncovered surprising evidence that the deep ocean’s carbon-fixing engine works very differently than long ...

Almost a half-mile below Monterey Bay's surface, California scientists recorded rare footage of a seven-arm octopus eating a ...