Scientists said they have seen the first signs of life returning to deep sea mining tracks carved into the abyssal seabed ...

A riotous photography collection from a recent underwater mission off the coast of Chile shows new and fascinating deep-sea ...

Countries have debated for decades whether to allow mining on the ocean floor, a potential trove of critical minerals. Now, a ...

A strip of the Pacific Ocean seabed that was mined for metals more than 40 years ago has still not recovered, scientists said ...

Picture an ocean world so deep and dark it feels like another planet – where creatures glow and life survives under crushing ...

Marine ecosystems in the deep ocean show little sign of recovery even decades after experimental mining, according to new ...

Marine life in the deep ocean can take decades to recover from the impact of deep-sea mining for rare metals, new research shows.

If future deep-sea mining operations release sediment plumes into the water column, as proposed, the debris could interfere with animals’ feeding, disrupt food webs and alter animals’ behaviors.

NEW DELHI – A new study has found that deep-sea mining conducted more than 40 years ago in the Pacific Ocean continues to affect marine ecosystems, raising concerns over its lasting environmental ...

Countries have debated for decades whether to allow mining on the ocean floor, a potential trove of critical minerals. Now, ...