Despite crushing pressure, total darkness and near-freezing temperatures, researchers found an underwater world teeming with ...

Tokyo set to make world’s first attempt to continuously lift rare-earth-rich mud from a depth of around 6,000m ...

Japan embarks Sunday on what it says is the world's first bid to tap deep sea rare earths at a depth of 6,000 metres -- ...

Cracking, creaking ice at the bottom of the world is quietly shaping the future climate you live in. New research from ...

The mid-ocean ridge runs through the oceans like a suture. Where Earth's plates move apart, new oceanic crust is continuously ...

A mining-machine test on the deep-ocean floor resulted in species diversity declining by roughly 32% in the tracks of the ...

Far below the ocean’s surface, where sunlight disappears and pressure reaches crushing levels, some of the planet’s strangest ...

After Norway made its decision, Greenland’s government has stated its intention to ban deep-sea mining in its territorial ...

A deep-sea search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 has begun in the Indian Ocean, reviving efforts to solve one of aviation’s ...

In order to understand currents, tides and other ocean dynamics, scientists need to accurately capture sea surface height, or ...

There was an era of horror and thriller cinema where animals like alligators and sharks attacking and killing humans had ...

Japan launched a groundbreaking deep-sea mining trial, marking the world's first attempt to extract rare earth ...