Case in point: Scientists from Tokyo University and Hokkaido University in Japan stumbled across some mysterious jet-black ...

The U.S. push to mine international waters for metals defies global efforts to control and protect these fragile ecosystems.

Data from sophisticated new ocean probes could help fill a major gap in knowledge about the deep, dark abyss and its linkage with climate change. IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience ...

The team has been sending equipment down to depths of 4,000 meters, or about 13,000 feet, to scrape along the bottom of the sea floor and collect creatures who call the abyss home.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — To give landlubbers a glimpse of life in the ocean abyss, French researcher Bruce Shillito has designed a type of tank, which he calls the “abyss box,” that ...

Beyond the abyss: Deep sea creatures build their homes from materials that sink from near the ocean surface. ScienceDaily . Retrieved May 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2010 / 02 ...

Deep-Sea Bestiary by Peter Tyson ... Death, and Exploration in the Abyss (Knopf, 1996). Click on any of the pictures below to see the full view. This comely female ...

However, chemosynthesis is a tiny fraction of total ocean production (0.02–0.03%) and the energy that sustains most deep-sea organisms is sequestered in sinking particulate organic carbon derived from ...

THE BRILLIANT ABYSS Exploring the Majestic Hidden Life of the Deep Ocean, and the Looming Threat That Imperils It, By Helen Scales | 288 pp. Atlantic Monthly Press. $27. Share full article Explore ...