The deep sea, covering approximately 65% of Earth's surface, has long been considered a biological desert. In this extreme ...
Researchers have uncovered over 7,500 new microbial species in the hadal zone, highlighting the extreme environmental ...
Shanghai Jiao Tong University along with multiple collaborating institutions including the University of Copenhagen and ...
The first phase of the MEER research was a joint effort of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, the Institute of Deep-sea Science ...
Relying on China's self-developed human occupied vehicle (HOV) Fendouzhe, Chinese scientists have completed an exploration of ...
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 ...
An unprecedented sighting of a “black seadevil” fish in surface waters triggered a global outpouring of empathy for the deep ...
On the abyssal plains, at depths between 3,000 and 6,000 meters, polymetallic nodules are scattered across millions of square ...
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Greenpeace International (@greenpeace) Emerging from the ocean depths into the ...