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

Scientists used an autonomous underwater vehicle to image previously unexplored, ultra-deep waters near the abyss of the ...

The deep sea is a world of mystery and wonder, home to creatures that challenge our comprehension and spark our imagination.

The Atacama Trench, located off the coast of Peru and Chile, is one of the deepest oceanic regions on our planet, and ...

New research suggests that “dark oxygen” is being produced at the bottom of the ocean’s abyss, where mining companies want to harvest key materials used in batteries.

The world's first deep-sea mining test was conducted by US company Deepsea Ventures in July 1970. A vacuum-cleaner-like machine bulldozed through the abyss and sucked up 60,000 baseball-sized ...

By Invitation | Mining the abyss. The deep sea needs rules, says the head of the body that governs it Leticia Carvalho on why the world will be worse off if America goes its own way.

Ms Casey’s book flows between descriptions of the deep and the history of ocean exploration. In the 19th century scientists believed the abyss was “azoic”, or lifeless.