With growing interest in mining critical metals from the seafloor, countries are now negotiating international rules. The Trump administration is forging ahead on its own, speeding up environmental ...

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Deep-sea mining is threatening vital marine life in the ocean’s “twilight zone,” reveals new research. The findings raise "urgent concerns" about long-lasting effects if large-scale commercial mining ...

As delegates from member states of the International Seabed Authority entered the third and final week of high-stakes negotiations on deep-sea mining, they condemned a move made earlier this year by ...

Researchers discovered a thriving ecosystem in the Saudi Arabian Red Sea. Shannon Klein and her team probed two deep-sea zones during the 2022 Red Sea Decade Expedition, revealing a hidden world ...

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Researchers have discovered a new species of glowing sea slug deep in the ocean’s midnight zone. Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) scientists said in a press release on Tuesday that ...

In a fascinating video, researchers have revealed a new and bizarre see-through species of sea slug floating around the midnight zone of the deep sea. It was first discovered in California by Monterey ...

The world's oceans are shifting beneath us in ways that researchers say have no real precedent in the modern record. The Copernicus Ocean State Report 9, authored by a team led by K. von Schuckmann ...

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