Far below the Pacific, a volcano long written off as geologically dead has turned out to be both active and teeming with life ...
Far below the reach of sunlight, a deep-sea robot descended to 1,300 m and sent back images of something that, on paper, ...
Mining of polymetallic nodules from the seabed might lead to significant and long-lasting ecological changes -- both in the mined area, where surface sediments and the fauna living in and on it are ...
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Gathering minerals such as nickel, cobalt, manganese and lithium from the seabed could affect everything from sponges to whales. The long-term effects of these extractions remain uncertain Amber X.