Drilling for minerals deep in the ocean could have immense consequences for the tiny animals at the core of the vast marine food web — and ultimately affect fisheries and the food we find on our ...
A new study in Nature Communications found that deep-sea mining waste may turn into "basically junk food" for plankton — the tiny organisms that form the base of the ocean's food chain. As companies ...
China has tested an autonomous deep-sea robot capable of drilling and monitoring inside seabed strata during a South China ...