Countries have debated for decades whether to allow mining on the ocean floor, a potential trove of critical minerals. Now, a ...

Scientists said they have seen the first signs of life returning to deep sea mining tracks carved into the abyssal seabed ...

China on Friday announced the official launch of a deep-sea research megaproject ... as well as echinoderms like starfish and sea urchins, crabs, cold-water corals, and fish flourish on this ...