A deep-sea mining test shows ecosystem damage can begin immediately, with more than one-third of seafloor animals lost in a single pass.

Within the scientific community, the study is being viewed as a benchmark for future environmental assessments. By combining taxonomy, ecological monitoring and historical disturbance data, it ...

The question of rare earths is less about scarcity than about choices among pathways to sustainability. Energy transitions do not predetermine that societies must industrialise the ocean floor ...

When most of us look out at the ocean, we see a mostly flat blue surface stretching to the horizon. It's easy to imagine the sea beneath as calm and largely static—a massive, still abyss far removed ...

When a whale dies and sinks, it’s not a tragedy for the ocean — it’s a miracle. These “whale falls” become organic skyscrapers, sparking a frantic gold rush in the deep sea. Typically, a clean-up crew ...

The Ecological Society of America (ESA) presents a roundup of six research articles recently published across its esteemed journals. Widely recognized for fostering innovation and advancing ecological ...

Scientists from the Natural History Museum (NHM), University of Gothenburg and National Oceanography Centre spent more than five years studying how biodiversity could be affected by deep-sea mining.