According to a study published in the journal Nature Communications, researchers found an unexpected surge of the radioactive ...

The US feels otherwise. “Under the Deep Seabed Hard Mineral Resources Act, US companies can apply for exploration licenses ...

Genetic material recovered from sediment beneath the sea floor reveals ancient species ... the abyssal plains in the middle of the South Atlantic, a barren patch of ocean floor 5,000 meters below the ...

What is the role of dissolved organic matter in the deep sea? In a study relating to this question, researchers have investigated the composition of dissolved organic matter (DOM) in detail. Their ...

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The proposed mining process is invasive. Collector vehicles scrape along the ocean floor as they scoop up nodules and stir up sediments. This removes habitats used by marine organisms and ...

Researchers have successfully revived algae that remained dormant underneath sediment at the bottom of the Baltic Sea for ...

The heavy ocean floor north of India acted like a giant ... almost entirely closed over the intervening ocean, squeezing the sediments on the ocean foor. Since the sediments were lightweight ...

The proposed mining process is invasive. Collector vehicles scrape along the ocean floor as they scoop up nodules and stir up sediments. This removes habitats used by marine organisms and threatens ...