Deep-sea mining could impact marine life stretching from the tiniest bottom dwellers to apex predators like swordfish and ...

The Yellow Sea, which lies between China and Korea, is entirely in this zone at about 499 feet deep. The Statue of Liberty, at 305 feet, would become fully submerged in this zone.

The minerals that are being targeted form a critical part of the sea floor, and the sea floor is what life attaches to in the ...

Scientists have found fossil evidence of deep-sea marine life burrowing up to eight meters below the seabed -- four times the previously observed depth for modern deep-sea life.

Submarine technology is built to withstand the pressure of deep sea travel. For context, standard smartwatches often come packed with a water resistance of roughly five atmospheres of pressure ...

Researchers have evidence in support of a clearly defined depth limit for deep-sea fishing in Europe. The findings come just as the European Union considers controversial new legislation to manage ...

A rare deep-sea squid has been captured on video at a depth of more than a kilometer underwater, by scientists from The University of Western Australia and Kelpie Geosciences in the UK.

In the past, scientists thought of the deep ocean as a cold, dead place. While the region—generally considered to be everything between 200 and 11,000 meters in depth—is undoubtedly cold, it ...

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Today, much of the exploration of the deep sea is carried out with remotely operated vehicles (ROV) and landers. This allows the depth of any observed fish to be more accurately reported, and even ...