On the abyssal plains, at depths between 3,000 and 6,000 meters, polymetallic nodules are scattered across millions of square ...

The impact of hurricanes when they travel over land, or when they affect ships or oil-drilling platforms, are quite well understood. But these huge cyclones also stir up the ocean itself, with ...

In the cold, lightless Pacific Ocean deep, the seabed is scattered with metal-rich rocks coveted by miners—and huge numbers ...

As deep-sea mining interests in the Pacific Ocean grow, scientists have discovered several rare and as yet unnamed aquatic ...

Hurricanes move massive amounts of sediment from shallow reefs to deep oceans, affecting ecosystems long-term.

Foraminifera are single-celled marine organisms with a calcareous shell. They not only provide evidence of past habitats, but ...

Plus, each claw kicks up a relatively small puff of sediment as it plucks its target off the seafloor. Impossible Metals aims ...

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 ...

Scientists have made a never-before-seen discovery located some 36,000 feet below the surface of the Earth. Located in the ...

Independent researchers from the MiningImpact project and the German Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources ...

Campaigner says The Metals Company’s loss of a third of its exploration area is sign of a stuttering industry.

So even if mining machinery created zero sediment disturbance, pollution and noise, removing nodules would still impact the ecosystem. Dr Childs also mentions the importance of the deep sea to ...