Deep-sea mining could impact marine life stretching from the tiniest bottom dwellers to apex predators like swordfish and sharks, a major piece of industry-funded research found Thursday. The Metals ...

Scientists present at the latest effort to hash out international rules for deep-sea mining say it's unclear if it's possible to restore damaged seafloor ecosystems—or how long it would take. One of ...

As the US moves to license deep sea mining, new research finds extracting critical metals from the seabed generates waste that endangers tiny marine organisms which form the basis of a vast food web.

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/g4cqvh/global_mining) has announced the addition of the "Global Mining ...

Greenpeace International has challenged a UK Royal Research Vessel in peaceful protest as it returned to Costa Rica from a 7-week long expedition to areas of the Pacific Ocean targeted for deep sea ...

Polymetallic nodules are home to many deep-sea species, such as this bryozoan. Credit: Adrian Glover, Thomas Dahlgren, Helena Wiklund. We are studying biodiversity in the deep abyssal Pacific Ocean, ...