In March 1979, a 9-meter-wide prototype mining machine rolled across the Clarion–Clipperton Zone (CCZ) of the eastern Pacific ...

In July and August scientists onboard the Schmidt Ocean Institute’s research vessel Falkor (too) spotted the oddities through ...

Life can be pretty difficult in the ocean’s hydrothermal vents. It’s pitch black, oxygen is pretty scarce, and it’s full of ...

Deep sea mining for rare earth elements could start as early as 2026, even as 38 countries have called for a moratorium on it ...

We know next to nothing about 99.999 percent of the seafloor. How one researcher plans to democratize deep-sea exploration.

While exploring the ocean in a deep-sea submersible, scientists say they discovered a flourishing ecosystem capable of ...

Some 390 million years ago in the ancient ocean, marine animals began colonizing depths previously uninhabited. New research ...

The researchers estimated that the expedition may have uncovered proof of nearly 40 potential new species, including ...

Australia should back a global moratorium on deep-sea mining as the risks are too high, argue conservation experts.

TL;DR Key Takeaways : Deep-sea reverse osmosis (DSRO) uses natural ocean pressure at depths of 400 meters or more to reduce energy consumption by up to 40% compared to traditional desalination ...