Dr. Luis Buatois (Ph.D.) traces a series of hexagons with his finger, following the path carved by tiny organisms millions of ...

Deep-sea hydrothermal vent ecosystems are unique environments found ... implications of mining activities, the dynamics of sediment plumes generated during mining, and the engineering challenges ...

Deep subsurface microbes are highly diverse, challenging assumptions about life in low-energy environments. This discovery ...

One would think that a volcano was not the most hospitable place for living organisms. However, the Borealis Mud Volcano, at ...

Ocean ecosystems play a critical role ... the carbon in their carcasses can create a feast for deep-sea critters and also be buried in marine sediments. Ocean deposits are by far the biggest ...

First Solar pledges to keep supply chains free from seabed minerals, aligning with a global moratorium on deep sea mining to safeguard marine ecosystems.

A major legal challenge in deep-sea mining is the jurisdictional ambiguity between international waters and areas within national Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs) —which extend up to 200 nautical miles ...

Life in these underworlds runs on a very different timeline to Earth's bustling surface. With no sunlight, energy is sparse ...

SCIENTISTS from Spain have discovered a new species of mud dragon (kinorhynch) a vital part of the marine ecosystem.  The Universidad Complutense de ...