Some deep-sea mining companies have faced significant financial struggles due to the delay, with one company going bankrupt and another slashing costs; yet, other firms remain optimistic ...

Britain may trigger a national security review over the proposed sale of two deep-sea mining exploration licences after the Norwegian parent of UK Seabed Resources (UKSR) filed for bankruptcy ...

In January 2024, Norway surprised the world with the announcement it planned to open its waters for exploratory deep-sea mining, the first nation to do so. If all went to plan, companies would be ...

Imagine a place where boiling water gushes from the earth, the air is filled with acid, and the smell of rotten eggs lingers constantly. Sounds unlivable, right? Microscopic life-forms exist ...

“It was beautiful, and unusual,” says Michelle Taylor, a deep-sea ecologist at University of Essex and leader of the Falkor (too)’s Ocean Census flagship expedition. Her team quickly beamed ...

The scan of the storied ship was carried out over three weeks in 2022 by Magellan, a deep-sea mapping company based in the Channel Islands. Titanic: The Digital Resurrection, a new National ...

West Philippine Sea is the name given by an administrative order (AO) of then President Benigno Aquino III to Philippine territorial waters west of the country. Aquino’s AO said West Philippine Sea ...

Tonight will remain dry with mostly clear skies to start. Later in the night, some areas of low cloud will form, leaving partly cloudy skies towards dawn. Friday Tomorrow morning will have some ...

Deep-sea "avalanches," or turbidity currents, are pushing large amounts of plastic from coastal zones to biodiversity hotspots more than 3,000 meters below the surface. Oceanographic Magazine reported ...

In the Age of Sail, when much of the world’s oceans were still uncharted, the mythical Kraken, a gigantic tentacled sea monster with a taste for human flesh, was a sailor’s worst nightmare. “Below the ...